{"cve":"CVE-2014-9628","nvd":{"published":"2020-01-24T22:15:12.520","modified":"2026-06-17T00:18:40.537","status":"Modified","description":"The MP4_ReadBox_String function in modules/demux/mp4/libmp4.c in VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.1.6 allows remote attackers to trigger an unintended zero-size malloc and conduct buffer overflow attacks, and consequently execute arbitrary code, via a box size of 7.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-120"],"references":["http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/20/5","https://github.com/videolan/vlc/commit/2e7c7091a61aa5d07e7997b393d821e91f593c39","https://www.videolan.org/security/sa1501.html","http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/20/5","https://github.com/videolan/vlc/commit/2e7c7091a61aa5d07e7997b393d821e91f593c39"],"products":["videolan:vlc_media_player"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:01:01.339895972+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2014-9628","score":0.02162,"percentile":0.82227,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}