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)	stretch (security), stretch	3.0.11-0+deb9u1	fixed
	buster, buster (security)	3.0.12-0+deb10u1	fixed
	bullseye, sid	3.0.12-3	fixed

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

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

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