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Some of the\nproblems fixed upstream were already fixed by a previous Mageia update\nto VLC (see the link to MGASA-2015-0053).\n\nVLC versions before 2.1.5 contain a vulnerability in the transcode module\nthat may allow a corrupted stream to overflow buffers on the heap. With a\nnon-malicious input, this could lead to heap corruption and a crash.\nHowever, under the right circumstances, a malicious attacker could\npotentially use this vulnerability to hijack program execution, and on\nsome platforms, execute arbitrary code (CVE-2014-6440)\n","status":"published","published":"2015-03-05T22:05:29Z","modified":"2026-04-16T06:26:03.144624322Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:49:39.488462Z"}]}}