| Name | CVE-2014-9629 |
| Description | Integer overflow in the Encode function in modules/codec/schroedinger.c in VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.1.6 and 2.2.x before 2.2.1 allows remote attackers to conduct buffer overflow attacks and execute arbitrary code via a crafted length value. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-3150-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 775866 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| vlc (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2.2.7-1~deb8u1 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 3.0.12-0+deb9u1 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 3.0.21-0+deb9u1 | fixed |
| buster, buster (lts) | 3.0.21-0+deb10u1 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 3.0.20-0+deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 3.0.21-0+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm (security), bookworm | 3.0.21-0+deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 3.0.21-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| vlc | source | squeeze | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| vlc | source | wheezy | 2.0.3-5+deb7u2 | | DSA-3150-1 | |
| vlc | source | (unstable) | 2.2.0~rc2-2 | | | 775866 |
Notes
[squeeze] - vlc <end-of-life> (Unsupported in squeeze-lts)
https://github.com/videolan/vlc/commit/9bb0353a5c63a7f8c6fc853faa3df4b4df1f5eb5