CVE-2014-9598

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 None

Description

The picture_Release function in misc/picture.c in VideoLAN VLC media player 2.1.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (write access violation) via a crafted M2V file.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2014-9598

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2015-01-21T15:17:10

Last Modified Date
2017-07-01T01:29:09

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-20	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:2.1.5:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
6.8

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
8.6

Impact Score
6.4

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jan/72
https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/attachment/ticket/13390/windbglog.txt
https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/13390
http://www.binarysniper.net/2015/01/vlc-media-player-215-memory-corruption.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-08

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9598
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9598

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 09:40:58				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 03:12:16	2015-01-21T15:17Z	2015-01-21T15:17:10	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-02 03:12:16		2017-07-01T01:29:09	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-02 03:12:16		Modified	Vulnerability Status	updated