CVE-2014-9628

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 High 7.8

Description

The MP4_ReadBox_String function in modules/demux/mp4/libmp4.c in VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.1.6 allows remote attackers to trigger an unintended zero-size malloc and conduct buffer overflow attacks, and consequently execute arbitrary code, via a box size of 7.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2014-9628

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2020-01-24T22:15:12

Last Modified Date
2020-01-29T18:09:59

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-120	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/120.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player::::::::	1	OR		2.1.6

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

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.1

Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
REQUIRED

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
7.8

Base Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
1.8

Impact Score
5.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/20/5	Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.videolan.org/security/sa1501.html	Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/videolan/vlc/commit/2e7c7091a61aa5d07e7997b393d821e91f593c39	Patch Third Party Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9628
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9628

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 16:52:09				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-04 10:05:55	2020-01-24T22:15Z	2020-01-24T22:15:12	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-04 10:05:55		2020-01-29T18:09:59	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-04 10:05:55		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated