The Gst.MapInfo function in Vala 0.26.0 and 0.26.1 uses an incorrect buffer length declaration for the Gstreamer bindings, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, which trigger a heap-based buffer overflow.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2015-01-27T15:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T13:10:51.119Z

Reserved: 2014-10-10T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2014-8154

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2015-01-27T20:59:12.947

Modified: 2018-10-30T16:27:35.843

Link: CVE-2014-8154

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2015-01-13T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-8154 - Bugzilla