CVE-2014-9625

Name	CVE-2014-9625
Description	The GetUpdateFile function in misc/update.c in the Updater in VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.1.6 performs an incorrect cast operation from a 64-bit integer to a 32-bit integer, which allows remote attackers to conduct buffer overflow attacks and execute arbitrary code via a crafted update status file, aka an "integer truncation" vulnerability.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more)
NVD severity	medium

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
vlc (PTS)	jessie (security), jessie	2.2.7-1~deb8u1	fixed
	stretch (security), stretch	3.0.8-0+deb9u1	fixed
	buster, buster (security)	3.0.8-0+deb10u1	fixed
	bullseye, sid	3.0.8-4	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
vlc	source	(unstable)	(not affected)
vlc	source	squeeze	(unfixed)	end-of-life

Notes

- vlc <not-affected> (Update mechanism not enabled in the Debian package)
[squeeze] - vlc <end-of-life> (Unsupported in squeeze-lts)
https://github.com/videolan/vlc/commit/fbe2837bc80f155c001781041a54c58b5524fc14