CVE-2014-1684 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash VLC Media Player by providing a malicious ASF file with zero packet sizes, requiring user interaction to open the file.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2014-1684?
CVE-2014-1684 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Videolan Vlc Media Player, published on 3 Mar 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-189
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-1684?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Videolan Vlc Media Player.
How do I fix CVE-2014-1684?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2014-1684 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-1684 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Videolan Vlc Media Player
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-1684, GHSA-rj27-5g2m-8j6m, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-1684.