What is CVE-2014-9628?

CVE-2014-9628 is a high-severity vulnerability in Videolan Vlc_media_player, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-01-24.

How severe is CVE-2014-9628?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Videolan Vlc_media_player

CVE-2014-9628

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 arbitra…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.022 (80.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Videolan Vlc_media_player
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-120 — Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow)

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-9628?: CVE-2014-9628 is a high-severity vulnerability in Videolan Vlc_media_player, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-01-24.
How severe is CVE-2014-9628?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.