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CVE-2014-9597

2015-01-2100:00:00
ubuntu.com
ubuntu.com
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6.8 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

0.122 Low

EPSS

Percentile

95.4%

The picture_pool_Delete function in misc/picture_pool.c in VideoLAN VLC
media player 2.1.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or
cause a denial of service (DEP violation and application crash) via a
crafted FLV file.

Bugs

Notes

Author Note
seth-arnold vlc claims the bug is in libav, but “the 2.2.0-rc2 binaries already fix the problem”
mdeslaur as of 2015-05-08, no indication of a libav fix can reproduce with vlc 2.1.6 in trusty can’t reproduce with vlc in precise
OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu14.04noarchvlc< 2.1.6-0ubuntu14.04.2UNKNOWN

6.8 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

0.122 Low

EPSS

Percentile

95.4%