01 Record
CVE-2014-9598
The picture_Release function in misc/picture.c in VideoLAN VLC media player 2.1.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (write access violation) via a crafted
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
The picture_Release function in misc/picture.c in VideoLAN VLC media player 2.1.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (write access violation) via a crafted
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
- 6.30% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 93.5% 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
- 77b118027015592d7cbf7ed86bd73de715427cb2902429d5428c15ece1141ab3
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.binarysniper.nethttp://www.binarysniper.net/2015/01/vlc-media-player-215-memory-corruption.html
- trac.videolan.orghttps://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/13390
- 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/attachment/ticket/13390/windbglog.txt