{"id":"CVE-2014-9628","details":"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.","modified":"2026-04-16T06:23:35.609797935Z","published":"2020-01-24T22:15:12Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/20/5"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/videolan/vlc/commit/2e7c7091a61aa5d07e7997b393d821e91f593c39"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.videolan.org/security/sa1501.html"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/20/5"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/20/5"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/videolan/vlc/commit/2e7c7091a61aa5d07e7997b393d821e91f593c39"}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}