Integer Underflow Affecting videolan package, versions [,2.1.6)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.3% (70th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-VIDEOLAN-2371263
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed24 Jan 2020
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 24 Jan 2020

CVE-2014-9626  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-191  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade videolan to version 2.1.6 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Integer Underflow. Integer underflow in the MP4_ReadBox_String function in modules/demux/mp4/libmp4.c in VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.1.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a box size less than 7.

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