CVE-2014-6440 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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

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.

The EPSS score is 0.07084.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Videolan	Vlc

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

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.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-03-28T15:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T12:17:23.884Z

Reserved: 2014-09-16T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2014-6440

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-03-28T15:59:00.160

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2014-6440

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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