Description (CNA)
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.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| n/a / n/a | affected n/a |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/20/5
- https://github.com/videolan/vlc/commit/2e7c7091a61aa5d07e7997b393d821e91f593c39
- https://www.videolan.org/security/sa1501.html
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.