Is CVE-2014-9628 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2014-9628 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2014-9628?

CVE-2014-9628 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2014-9628?

CVE-2014-9628 has an EPSS score of 2.16% (80th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2014-9628?

Upgrade vlc on debian 11 to 2.2.0~rc2-2 or later. Fixes are available for 3 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2014-9628

HIGHEPSS 80th pctl

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

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.

CWE-120Classic Buffer Overflow

How to fix

Remediation Available

vlcDebian

Fixed in:2.2.0~rc2-2CVE-2014-9628

VLC media playerWindows application

Affected:2.1.6Fixed in:2.1.6VideoLAN

VLC media player (Nightly)Windows application

Affected:2.1.6Fixed in:2.1.6VideoLAN

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

2.16%probability of exploitation in 30 days

80thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 80% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch2

Vendor Advisory1

videolan.org

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-120 (Classic Buffer Overflow) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2014-0195	Medium	6.8	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2017-7269	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	-
CVE-2019-11043	High	8.7	99%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2011-4862	High	10.0	95%	-	Fix
CVE-2007-5659	High	7.8	94%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2022-3786	High	7.5	91%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.