CVE-2014-6440

Impact

VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.1.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service.

Affected products

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• http://billblough.net/blog/2015/03/04/cve-2014-6440-heap-overflow-in-vlc-transcode-module/
• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q1/751
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72950
• http://www.videolan.org/developers/vlc-branch/NEWS
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-08
• http://billblough.net/blog/2015/03/04/cve-2014-6440-heap-overflow-in-vlc-transcode-module/
• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q1/751
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72950
• http://www.videolan.org/developers/vlc-branch/NEWS
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-08