CVSS 3.1
7.8 highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2014-9625
High (7.8) in videolan vlc media player. EPSS 2.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
The GetUpdateFile function in misc/update.c in the Updater in VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.1.6 performs an incorrect cast operation from a 64-bit integer to a 32-bit integer, which allows remote attackers to conduct buffer overflow attacks and execute arbitrary code via a crafted update status file, aka an "integer truncation" vulnerability.
Severity
- EPSS
- 2.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 83% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-120
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- videolan:vlc_media_player
References
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/20/5
- https://github.com/videolan/vlc/commit/fbe2837bc80f155c001781041a54c58b5524fc14
- https://www.videolan.org/security/sa1501.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/20/5
- https://github.com/videolan/vlc/commit/fbe2837bc80f155c001781041a54c58b5524fc14