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CVE-2014-1684 json

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 allo…

published 2014-03-03 12 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-1758

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.2%
EPSS 5.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • vlc Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.1.4-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2014-1684

  • vlc Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 2.1.4-0ubuntu14.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2014-1684

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-31429)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

5.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-31429 VideoLAN VLC Media Player 2.1.2 - '.asf' Crash (PoC) dos, 2014-02-05
  • trac.videolan.org https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/10482 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • elsherei.com http://www.elsherei.com/?p=269 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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