CVE-2014-6440

CVSS V2 High 7.5 CVSS V3 Critical 9.8
Description
VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.1.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2014-6440
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-03-28T15:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-04-03T14:21:56
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-119 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.1.4
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 9.8
  • Base Severity
  • CRITICAL
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-08 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.videolan.org/developers/vlc-branch/NEWS Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72950 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q1/751 Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://billblough.net/blog/2015/03/04/cve-2014-6440-heap-overflow-in-vlc-transcode-module/ Exploit Patch Technical Description Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-6440
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-6440
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:46:04 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 15:12:44 2017-03-28T15:59Z 2017-03-28T15:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 15:12:44 2017-04-03T14:21:56 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 15:12:44 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated