CVE-2014-9597

Publication date 21 January 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

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 crash) via a crafted FLV file.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
vlc	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	15.10 wily	Not affected
	15.04 vivid	Not affected
	14.10 utopic	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 2.1.6-0ubuntu14.04.2
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected
	10.04 LTS lucid	Ignored end of life

Notes

seth-arnold

vlc claims the bug is in libav, but "the 2.2.0-rc2 binaries already fix the problem"

mdeslaur

as of 2015-05-08, no indication of a libav fix can reproduce with vlc 2.1.6 in trusty can't reproduce with vlc in precise

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
vlc	Upstream: 4d9f343