Out-of-Bounds Affecting videolan package, versions [,2.1.5)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.99% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-VIDEOLAN-2371165
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed28 Mar 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 28 Mar 2017

CVE-2014-6440  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade videolan to version 2.1.5 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.1.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service.

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