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A vulnerability was found in VideoLAN VLC Media Player up to 2.1.4 (Multimedia Player Software). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the file audio.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.1.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service.

The bug was discovered 03/04/2015. The weakness was released 03/28/2017 by Bill Blough as not defined mailinglist post (oss-sec). The advisory is shared for download at seclists.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-6440 since 09/16/2014. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 374 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 and running in the context l.

Upgrading to version 2.1.5 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (89901). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 12228, 68638, 68639 and 68988.

Productinfo

Type

• Multimedia Player Software

Vendor

• VideoLAN

Name

• VLC Media Player

Version

• 2.1.0
• 2.1.1
• 2.1.2
• 2.1.3
• 2.1.4

License

• open-source

CPE 2.3info

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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.9

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 9.8
NVD Vector: 🔍

CVSSv2info

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 89901
Nessus Name: GLSA-201603-08 : VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
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Nessus Context: 🔍

OpenVAS ID: 56803
OpenVAS Name: Gentoo Linux Local Check: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-08
OpenVAS File: 🔍
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: VLC Media Player 2.1.5

Timelineinfo

09/16/2014 🔍
03/04/2015 +169 days 🔍
03/04/2015 +0 days 🔍
03/12/2016 +374 days 🔍
03/14/2016 +2 days 🔍
03/28/2017 +379 days 🔍
03/28/2017 +0 days 🔍
03/28/2017 +0 days 🔍
06/07/2020 +1167 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: videolan.org

Advisory: seclists.org
Researcher: Bill Blough
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2014-6440 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 72950 - VLC Media Player 'audio.c' Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/28/2017 22:06
Updated: 06/07/2020 07:00
Changes: 03/28/2017 22:06 (77), 06/07/2020 07:00 (2)
Complete: 🔍

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