CVEvulnerability
CVE-2015-5949
6.8 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2015-08-25
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Description
VideoLAN 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.
Affected configurations
• videolan vlc media player (<= 2.2.1)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00040.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133266/VLC-2.2.1-Arbitrary-Pointer-Dereference.html packetstormsecurity.com
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3342 www.debian.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/20/3 www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/20/8 www.openwall.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536287/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- https://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-2.2.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=ce91452460a75d7424b165c4dc8db98114c3cbd9%3Bhp=9e12195d3e4316278af1fa4bcb6a705ff27456fd git.videolan.org
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-08 security.gentoo.org
- https://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2015-009.html US Government Resource
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00040.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133266/VLC-2.2.1-Arbitrary-Pointer-Dereference.html packetstormsecurity.com
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3342 www.debian.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/20/3 www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/20/8 www.openwall.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536287/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- https://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-2.2.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=ce91452460a75d7424b165c4dc8db98114c3cbd9%3Bhp=9e12195d3e4316278af1fa4bcb6a705ff27456fd git.videolan.org
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-08 security.gentoo.org
- https://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2015-009.html US Government Resource