7.5
CVSSv2

CVE-2014-8154

Published: 27/01/2015 Updated: 30/10/2018
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.5 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 10
VMScore: 668
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

The Gst.MapInfo function in Vala 0.26.0 and 0.26.1 uses an incorrect buffer length declaration for the Gstreamer bindings, which allows context-dependent malicious users to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, which trigger a heap-based buffer overflow.

Vulnerability Trend

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gnome vala 0.26.1

gnome vala 0.26.0

opensuse opensuse 13.2

Vendor Advisories

Debian Bug report logs - #775913 vala-026: CVE-2014-8154: Heap-buffer overflow in vala-gstreamer bindings at GstMapInfo() Package: src:vala-026; Maintainer for src:vala-026 is Maintainers of Vala packages <pkg-vala-maintainers@listsaliothdebianorg>; Reported by: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debianorg> Date: We ...
The GstMapInfo function in Vala 0260 and 0261 uses an incorrect buffer length declaration for the Gstreamer bindings, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, which trigger a heap-based buffer overflow ...