UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9628

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9628
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9628.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9628
Upstream
Published
2020-01-24T22:15:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T08:11:15.177748Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

The MP4ReadBoxString 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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / vlc

Package

Name
vlc
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/vlc@2.1.6-0ubuntu14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.1.6-0ubuntu14.04.1

Affected versions

2.*

2.0.8-1
2.1.1-1
2.1.2-1
2.1.2-2
2.1.2-2build1
2.1.2-2build2
2.1.4-0ubuntu14.04.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libvlc-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.1.6-0ubuntu14.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvlc5",
            "binary_version": "2.1.6-0ubuntu14.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvlccore-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.1.6-0ubuntu14.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvlccore7",
            "binary_version": "2.1.6-0ubuntu14.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "vlc",
            "binary_version": "2.1.6-0ubuntu14.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "vlc-data",
            "binary_version": "2.1.6-0ubuntu14.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "vlc-dbg",
            "binary_version": "2.1.6-0ubuntu14.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "vlc-nox",
            "binary_version": "2.1.6-0ubuntu14.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "vlc-plugin-fluidsynth",
            "binary_version": "2.1.6-0ubuntu14.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "vlc-plugin-jack",
            "binary_version": "2.1.6-0ubuntu14.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "vlc-plugin-notify",
            "binary_version": "2.1.6-0ubuntu14.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "vlc-plugin-pulse",
            "binary_version": "2.1.6-0ubuntu14.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "vlc-plugin-sdl",
            "binary_version": "2.1.6-0ubuntu14.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "vlc-plugin-svg",
            "binary_version": "2.1.6-0ubuntu14.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "vlc-plugin-zvbi",
            "binary_version": "2.1.6-0ubuntu14.04.1"
        }
    ]
}