CVE-2014-6440

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Published Mar 28, 2017 CVSS 3.0 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 5.0% KEV · Not listed

Description

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

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2014-6319	VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.1.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 5.0% (4.985% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://billblough.net/blog/2015/03/04/cve-2014-6440-heap-overflow-in-vlc-transcode-module/
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q1/751
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72950
http://www.videolan.org/developers/vlc-branch/NEWS
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-08

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Videolan Vlc

Weaknesses

CWE-119

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 12:17 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Mar 28, 2017, 3:00 PM
Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 12:17 PM
Reserved: Sep 16, 2014, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 12:13 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Mar 28, 2017, 3:59 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 12:13 AM

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