Candidate: CVE-2014-9597
PublicDate: 2015-01-21 15:17:00 UTC
References:
 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9597
 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jan/72
 http://www.binarysniper.net/2015/01/vlc-media-player-215-memory-corruption.html
Description:
 The picture_pool_Delete function in misc/picture_pool.c in VideoLAN VLC
 media player 2.1.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or
 cause a denial of service (DEP violation and application crash) via a
 crafted FLV file.
Ubuntu-Description:
Notes:
 seth-arnold> vlc claims the bug is in libav, but "the 2.2.0-rc2 binaries already
  fix the problem"
 mdeslaur> as of 2015-05-08, no indication of a libav fix
 mdeslaur> can reproduce with vlc 2.1.6 in trusty
 mdeslaur> can't reproduce with vlc in precise
Bugs:
 https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/13389
Priority: medium
Discovered-by:
Assigned-to:
CVSS: 

Patches_vlc:
 upstream: https://github.com/videolan/vlc/commit/4d9f343c5341399b082b84af8010f28a36c2757e
upstream_vlc: needs-triage
lucid_vlc: ignored (reached end-of-life)
precise_vlc: not-affected
trusty_vlc: released (2.1.6-0ubuntu14.04.2)
trusty/esm_vlc: DNE (trusty was released [2.1.6-0ubuntu14.04.2])
utopic_vlc: not-affected (2.2.0-0ubuntu0.14.10.1)
vivid_vlc: not-affected (2.2.0-0ubuntu1)
vivid/stable-phone-overlay_vlc: DNE
vivid/ubuntu-core_vlc: DNE
wily_vlc: not-affected (2.2.0-0ubuntu1)
xenial_vlc: not-affected (2.2.0-0ubuntu1)
devel_vlc: not-affected (2.2.0-0ubuntu1)