CVE-2014-9597
The picture_pool_Delete function in misc/picture_pool.c in VideoLAN VLC media player 2.1.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (DEP violation and application
02 Description
The picture_pool_Delete function in misc/picture_pool.c in VideoLAN VLC media player 2.1.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (DEP violation and application
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 6.63% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 93.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2015-01-21 11:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 13:47Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-01-15
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- b22995931e74725278a26bf98a6a76784e316835f787a5080f17d5994fa8a012
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.binarysniper.nethttp://www.binarysniper.net/2015/01/vlc-media-player-215-memory-corruption.html
- seclists.org20150116 VLC Media Player 2.1.5 Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities (CVE-2014-9597, CVE-2014-9597)http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jan/72
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201603-08https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-08
- trac.videolan.orghttps://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/13389
- trac.videolan.orghttps://trac.videolan.org/vlc/attachment/ticket/13389/windbglog.txt
07 Fixed in
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- vlc Fixed in 2.1.6-0ubuntu14.04.2
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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