Upstream information
Description
The MP4_ReadBox_String function in modules/demux/mp4/libmp4.c in VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.1.6 allows remote attackers to trigger an unintended zero-size malloc and conduct buffer overflow attacks, and consequently execute arbitrary code, via a box size of 7.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products
This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.
| National Vulnerability Database | |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 6.8 |
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
| National Vulnerability Database | |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 7.8 |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Attack Vector | Local |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact | High |
| Integrity Impact | High |
| Availability Impact | High |
| CVSSv3 Version | 3.1 |
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Wed Jan 21 05:15:57 2015CVE page last modified: Wed Oct 26 19:42:09 2022