CVSS 3.1
7.8 highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2014-9629
Integer overflow in the Encode function in modules/codec/schroedinger.c in VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.1.6 and 2.2.x before 2.2.1 allows remote attackers to conduct buffer overflow attacks and execute arbitrary code via a crafted length value.
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/9bb0353a5c63a7f8c6fc853faa3df4b4df1f5eb5
- https://www.videolan.org/security/sa1501.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/20/5
- https://github.com/videolan/vlc/commit/9bb0353a5c63a7f8c6fc853faa3df4b4df1f5eb5