CVE-2014-1684

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2014-03-03 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-189

Description

The ASF_ReadObject_file_properties function in modules/demux/asf/libasf.c in the ASF Demuxer in VideoLAN VLC Media Player before 2.1.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and crash) via a zero minimum and maximum data packet size in an ASF file.

Affected products

VideoLAN VLC: through 2.1.2; 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4, 1.0.5 (+30)

References

http://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi/vlc.git/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=98787d0843612271e99d62bee0dfd8197f0cf404
http://www.elsherei.com/?p=269
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-08
https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/10482
http://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi/vlc.git/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=98787d0843612271e99d62bee0dfd8197f0cf404
http://www.elsherei.com/?p=269
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-08
https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/10482

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