CVE-2014-9598

Description

The picture_Release function in misc/picture.c in VideoLAN VLC media player 2.1.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (write access violation) via a crafted M2V file.

References

https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/13390

https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/attachment/ticket/13390/windbglog.txt

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-08

http://www.binarysniper.net/2015/01/vlc-media-player-215-memory-corruption.html

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jan/72

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3