CVE-2014-6440 :: Enginsight Vulnerability Database

Provider	Type	Base Score	Atk. Vector	Atk. Complexity	Priv. Required	Vector
NIST	Primary	9.8 CRITICAL	NETWORK	LOW	NONE	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Base Score

CVSS 3.x

EPSS Score

Percentile: 89%

Affected Products (NVD)

Vendor	Product	Version
videolan	vlc	𝑥 ≤ 2.1.4

𝑥

= Vulnerable software versions

Debian Releases

Debian Product

Codename

vlc

bookworm	3.0.21-0+deb12u1 fixed
bookworm (security)	3.0.21-0+deb12u1 fixed
bullseye	3.0.21-0+deb11u1 fixed
bullseye (security)	3.0.21-0+deb11u1 fixed
sid	3.0.21-2 fixed
trixie	3.0.21-2 fixed
wheezy	not-affected

Ubuntu Releases

Ubuntu Product

Codename

vlc

lucid	ignored
precise	ignored
trusty	Fixed 2.1.6-0ubuntu14.04.1 released
utopic	not-affected
vivid	not-affected
wily	not-affected
xenial	not-affected
yakkety	not-affected
zesty	not-affected

Known Exploits!

Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
The software performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer.

References

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

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