CVE-2014-1684 EXPLOIT
4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 5.2% (pctl 92)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.3 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 5.19% — more likely to be exploited than 92% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-189 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2014-03-03 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| videolan | vlc media player |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | VideoLAN VLC Media Player 2.1.2 - '.asf' Crash (PoC) | 2014-02-05 |
References
- http://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi/vlc.git/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=98787d0843612271e99d62bee0dfd8197f0cf404
- http://www.elsherei.com/?p=269
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-08
- https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/10482
- http://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi/vlc.git/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=98787d0843612271e99d62bee0dfd8197f0cf404
- http://www.elsherei.com/?p=269
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-08
- https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/10482
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