VideoLAN VLC Media Player 2.1.5 M2V File misc/picture.c picture_Release input validation

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A vulnerability was found in VideoLAN VLC Media Player 2.1.5 (Multimedia Player Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects the function picture_Release of the file misc/picture.c of the component M2V File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The bug was discovered 11/24/2014. The weakness was shared 01/09/2015 by Veysel Hatas as Ticket #13390 as confirmed ticket (Bug Tracker). It is possible to read the advisory at trac.videolan.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2014-9598 since 01/15/2015. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

A public exploit has been developed by Veysel Hatas and been published even before and not after the advisory. The exploit is available at datafilehost.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 46 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 89901 (GLSA-201603-08 : VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 123164 (VLC Media Player Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (100051), Tenable (89901) and Exploit-DB (35902). seclists.org is providing further details. The entries 12228, 68638, 68988 and 68989 are related to this item.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Veysel Hatas
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Nessus ID: 89901
Nessus Name: GLSA-201603-08 : VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 801565
OpenVAS Name: VLC Media Player Multiple Vulnerabilities Jan15 (Windows)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: videolan.org

Advisory: Ticket #13390
Researcher: Veysel Hatas
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2014-9598 (🔍)
X-Force: 100051 - VideoLAN VLC Media Player .m2v buffer overflow, Medium Risk
Vulnerability Center: 48176 - VideoLAN VLC Media Player <2.1.5 Remote Code Execution via Crafted M2V File due to Write Access Violation, Medium
SecurityFocus: 72106 - VLC Media Player '.m2v' File Memory Corruption Vulnerability
OSVDB: 116451

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 01/20/2015 14:01
Updated: 03/02/2022 16:40
Changes: 01/20/2015 14:01 (79), 05/06/2019 07:19 (10), 03/02/2022 16:40 (3)
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