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CVE-2014-6440

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-03-28 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.1.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service.

Affected products

• VideoLAN Vlc: through 2.1.4

References

• http://billblough.net/blog/2015/03/04/cve-2014-6440-heap-overflow-in-vlc-transcode-module/
• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q1/751
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72950
• http://www.videolan.org/developers/vlc-branch/NEWS
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-08
• http://billblough.net/blog/2015/03/04/cve-2014-6440-heap-overflow-in-vlc-transcode-module/
• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q1/751
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72950
• http://www.videolan.org/developers/vlc-branch/NEWS
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-08

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