CVE-2014-6440

VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.1.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause...

9.8 CriticalFix available

VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.1.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

4.98%Up 1.2 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 9.8

VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.1.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service.

Record: CVE-2014-6440
CVSS 3.0: 9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0: 7.5 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness: CWE-119
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.1.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service.

Record: CVE-2014-6440
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2014-6319 No score

VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.1.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service.

Record: EUVD-2014-6319
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hgvf-qfh8-3x8f 9.8

VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.1.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause...

VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.1.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service.

Record: GHSA-hgvf-qfh8-3x8f
CVSS 3.0: 9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-119
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV 9.8

VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.1.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service.

Record: CVE-2014-6440
CVSS 3.0: 9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2014-6440 9.8

VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.1.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service.

Record: DEBIAN-CVE-2014-6440
CVSS 3.0: 9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2014-6440 9.8

VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.1.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service.

Record: UBUNTU-CVE-2014-6440
CVSS 3.0: 9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVMGASA-2015-0095 No score

Updated vlc package fixes security vulnerability

Updated vlc packages (2.1.6) are an upgrade with some fixes. Some of the problems fixed upstream were already fixed by a previous Mageia update to VLC (see the link to MGASA-2015-0053).

VLC versions before 2.1.5 contain a vulnerability in the transcode module that may allow a corrupted stream to overflow buffers on the heap. With a non-malicious input, this could lead to heap corruption and a crash. However, under the right circumstances, a malicious attacker could potentially use this vulnerability to hijack program execution, and on some platforms, execute arbitrary code (CVE-2014-6440)

Record: MGASA-2015-0095
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

videolan vlc

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`vlc` Debian:12	before 2.1.5-1	2.1.5-1
`vlc` Debian:13	before 2.1.5-1	2.1.5-1
`vlc` Debian:14	before 2.1.5-1	2.1.5-1
`vlc` Mageia:4	before 2.1.6-1.0.mga4	2.1.6-1.0.mga4
`vlc` Mageia:4	before 2.1.6-1.0.mga4.tainted	2.1.6-1.0.mga4.tainted
`vlc` Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	before 2.1.6-0ubuntu14.04.1, plus listed versions 2.0.8-12.1.1-12.1.2-12.1.2-22.1.2-2build12.1.2-2build22.1.4-0ubuntu14.04.1	2.1.6-0ubuntu14.04.1

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2014-6440 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Videolan Vlc, published March 5, 2015. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 4.98%, the 92nd percentile. Fixed in vlc 2.1.5-1.

References

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