CVE-2014-9628 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/20/5 https://github.com/videolan/vlc/commit/2e7c7091a61aa5d07e7997b393d821e91f593c39 https://www.videolan.org/security/sa1501.html

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8