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CVE-2014-9598

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 6.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2015-01-21 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The picture_Release function in misc/picture.c in VideoLAN VLC media player 2.1.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (write access violation) via a crafted M2V file.

Affected products

• VideoLAN VLC: 2.1.5

References

• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jan/72
• http://www.binarysniper.net/2015/01/vlc-media-player-215-memory-corruption.html
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-08
• https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/attachment/ticket/13390/windbglog.txt
• https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/13390
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jan/72
• http://www.binarysniper.net/2015/01/vlc-media-player-215-memory-corruption.html
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-08
• https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/attachment/ticket/13390/windbglog.txt
• https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/13390

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