CVE-2015-5949

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-5949
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-08-25 17:59:05 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionVideoLAN VLC media player 2.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted 3GP file, which triggers the freeing of arbitrary pointers.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Videolan Vlc Media Player All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - [oCERT-2015-009] VLC arbitrary pointer dereference af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2016:0476-1: important: Security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
VLC 2.2.1 Arbitrary Pointer Dereference ≈ Packet Storm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 packetstormsecurity.com
oss-security - Re: [oCERT-2015-009] VLC arbitrary pointer dereference af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
oCERT.org - oCERT Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ocert.org US Government Resource
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3342-1 vlc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201603-08) — Gentoo Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
git.videolan.org Git - vlc/vlc-2.2.git/commitdiff af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.videolan.org
git.videolan.org Git - vlc/vlc-2.2.git/commitdiff MITRE git.videolan.org
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