UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9743

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9743

    Published: 17 Aug 2015Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-9743

    Summary:

    Details: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the httpd_HtmlError function in network/httpd.c in the web interface in VideoLAN VLC Media Player before 2.2.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the path info.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9743, http://www.quantumleap.it/vlc-reflected-xss-vulnerability/, http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Mar/324, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9743

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: vlc

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.1.6-0ubuntu14.04.2

    Affected versions

    2.0.8-1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High