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CVE-2014-9598

Date: January 21, 2015

The picture_Release function in misc/picture.c in VideoLAN VLC media player 2.1.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (write access violation) via a crafted M2V file.

Severity Score

5.6

Related Resources (8)

Url: https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/13390

Url: http://www.binarysniper.net/2015/01/vlc-media-player-215-memory-corruption.html

Url: http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jan/72

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2014-9598

Url: https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/attachment/ticket/13390/windbglog.txt

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-08

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9598

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2014-9598

Severity Score

5.6

Weakness Type (CWE)

Input Validation

CWE-20

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.6
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	LOW
Integrity (I):	LOW
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	6.8
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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