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CVE-2014-6440

CRITICAL

9.8

CVSS Severity Score

EPSS Score0.0370%

EPSS Percentile27.22th

PublishedMar 28, 2017

Last ModifiedMay 13, 2026

Vulnerability Description

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

Affected Platforms (CPE)

📦

Videolan

Vlc

<= 2.1.4

References & Advisories

🔗 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

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