Vulnerabilities > CVE-2014-9628 - Classic Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Videolan VLC Media Player

CVSS 7.8 - HIGH

Attack vector

LOCAL

Attack complexity

LOW

Privileges required

NONE

Confidentiality impact

HIGH

Integrity impact

HIGH

Availability impact

HIGH

local

low complexity

videolan

CWE-120

nessus

NVD

Published: 2020-01-24

Updated: 2024-11-21

Summary

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.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part	Description	Count
Application	Videolan Videolan VLC Media Player - Videolan VLC Media Player 0.1.99A Videolan VLC Media Player 0.1.99B Videolan VLC Media Player 0.1.99C Videolan VLC Media Player 0.1.99D Videolan VLC Media Player 0.1.99E Videolan VLC Media Player 0.1.99F Videolan VLC Media Player 0.1.99G Videolan VLC Media Player 0.1.99H Videolan VLC Media Player 0.1.99I Videolan VLC Media Player 0.2.0 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.2.50 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.2.60 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.2.61 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.2.62 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.2.63 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.2.70 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.2.71 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.2.72 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.2.73 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.2.80 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.2.81 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.2.82 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.2.83 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.2.90 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.2.91 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.2.92 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.3.0 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.3.1 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.4.0 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.4.1 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.4.2 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.4.3 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.4.3-Ac3 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.4.4 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.4.5 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.4.6 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.5.0 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.5.1 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.5.1A Videolan VLC Media Player 0.5.2 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.5.3 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.6.0 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.6.1 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.6.2 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.7.0 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.7.1 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.7.2 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.8.0 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.8.1 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.8.2 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.8.4 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.8.4A Videolan VLC Media Player 0.8.5 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.8.6 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.8.6A Videolan VLC Media Player 0.8.6B Videolan VLC Media Player 0.8.6C Videolan VLC Media Player 0.8.6D Videolan VLC Media Player 0.8.6E Videolan VLC Media Player 0.8.6F Videolan VLC Media Player 0.8.6G Videolan VLC Media Player 0.8.6H Videolan VLC Media Player 0.8.6I Videolan VLC Media Player 0.8.1337 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.9.0 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.9.1 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.9.2 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.9.3 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.9.4 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.9.5 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.9.6 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.9.8A Videolan VLC Media Player 0.9.9 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.9.9A Videolan VLC Media Player 0.9.10 Videolan VLC Media Player 1.0.0 Videolan VLC Media Player 1.0.1 Videolan VLC Media Player 1.0.2 Videolan VLC Media Player 1.0.3 Videolan VLC Media Player 1.0.4 Videolan VLC Media Player 1.0.5 Videolan VLC Media Player 1.0.6 Videolan VLC Media Player 1.1.0 Videolan VLC Media Player 1.1.1 Videolan VLC Media Player 1.1.2 Videolan VLC Media Player 1.1.3 Videolan VLC Media Player 1.1.4 Videolan VLC Media Player 1.1.4.1 Videolan VLC Media Player 1.1.5 Videolan VLC Media Player 1.1.6 Videolan VLC Media Player 1.1.6.1 Videolan VLC Media Player 1.1.7 Videolan VLC Media Player 1.1.8 Videolan VLC Media Player 1.1.9 Videolan VLC Media Player 1.1.10 Videolan VLC Media Player 1.1.10.1 Videolan VLC Media Player 1.1.11 Videolan VLC Media Player 1.1.12 Videolan VLC Media Player 1.1.13 Videolan VLC Media Player 2.0.0 Videolan VLC Media Player 2.0.1 Videolan VLC Media Player 2.0.2 Videolan VLC Media Player 2.0.3 Videolan VLC Media Player 2.0.4 Videolan VLC Media Player 2.0.5 Videolan VLC Media Player 2.0.6 Videolan VLC Media Player 2.0.7 Videolan VLC Media Player 2.0.8 Videolan VLC Media Player 2.0.9 Videolan VLC Media Player 2.1.0 Videolan VLC Media Player 2.1.1 Videolan VLC Media Player 2.1.2 Videolan VLC Media Player 2.1.3 Videolan VLC Media Player 2.1.5	116

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

CWE-120 - Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables
This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
Overflow Buffers
Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow
This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow
In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
MIME Conversion
An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.

Nessus

NASL family	Debian Local Security Checks
NASL id	DEBIAN_DSA-3150.NASL
description	Fabian Yamaguchi discovered multiple vulnerabilities in VLC, a multimedia player and streamer : - CVE-2014-9626 The MP4 demuxer, when parsing string boxes, did not properly check the length of the box, leading to a possible integer underflow when using this length value in a call to memcpy(). This could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or arbitrary code execution via crafted MP4 files. - CVE-2014-9627 The MP4 demuxer, when parsing string boxes, did not properly check that the conversion of the box length from 64bit integer to 32bit integer on 32bit platforms did not cause a truncation, leading to a possible buffer overflow. This could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or arbitrary code execution via crafted MP4 files. - CVE-2014-9628 The MP4 demuxer, when parsing string boxes, did not properly check the length of the box, leading to a possible buffer overflow. This could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or arbitrary code execution via crafted MP4 files. - CVE-2014-9629 The Dirac and Schroedinger encoders did not properly check for an integer overflow on 32bit platforms, leading to a possible buffer overflow. This could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or arbitrary code execution.
last seen	2020-03-17
modified	2015-02-03
plugin id	81130
published	2015-02-03
reporter	This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
source	https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/81130
title	Debian DSA-3150-1 : vlc - security update

NASL family	Gentoo Local Security Checks
NASL id	GENTOO_GLSA-201603-08.NASL
description	The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201603-08 (VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in VLC. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact : Remote attackers could possibly execute arbitrary code or cause Denial of Service. Workaround : There is no known work around at this time.
last seen	2020-06-01
modified	2020-06-02
plugin id	89901
published	2016-03-14
reporter	This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
source	https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/89901
title	GLSA-201603-08 : VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities

Summary

Vulnerable Configurations

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Nessus

References