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CVE-2014-6440

N/A

Description

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

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A

Published3/28/2017

Last Modified4/20/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

videolan:vlc

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-119

References

http://billblough.net/blog/2015/03/04/cve-2014-6440-heap-overflow-in-vlc-transcode-module/(cve@mitre.org)

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q1/751(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72950(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.videolan.org/developers/vlc-branch/NEWS(cve@mitre.org)

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-08(cve@mitre.org)

http://billblough.net/blog/2015/03/04/cve-2014-6440-heap-overflow-in-vlc-transcode-module/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q1/751(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72950(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.videolan.org/developers/vlc-branch/NEWS(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-08(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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