PT-2015-3377 · Videolan+1 · Vlc Media Player+1

Fabian Yamaguchi · Published 2015-01-20 · Updated 2020-01-29 · CVE-2014-9626

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions VLC media player versions prior to 2.1.6

Description The issue is related to an integer underflow in the MP4 demuxer, specifically in the MP4 ReadBox String function. This can be exploited by remote attackers using a specially crafted MP4 file with a box size less than 7, potentially allowing them to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service. The vulnerability is associated with errors in checking the length of string containers.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.1.6, update to version 2.1.6 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider avoiding the use of MP4 files from untrusted sources until the update is applied.

Fix

RCE

DoS

Integer Underflow

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-191

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2015-1261

BDU:2019-03980

CVE-2014-9626

DSA-3150-1

MGASA-2015-0053

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Vlc Media Player

References · 45

• https://github.com/videolan/vlc/commit/2e7c7091a61aa5d07e7997b393d821e91f593c39 · Patch
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-03984 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9629 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9627 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-03983 · Security Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/20/5 · Patch
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-3941 · Security Note
• https://debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3150.ru.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9598 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-03980 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9626 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9626 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-9626 · Vendor Advisory
• https://videolan.org/security/sa1501.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://wiki.astralinux.ru/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=44892734 · Vendor Advisory