CVE-2015-5949

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.

Published: Aug 25, 2015
Updated: Apr 13, 2023
CVE: CVE-2015-5949
Severity: Medium
Exploit:

CVSS v2:

Severity: Medium
Score: 6.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWEs:

CWE-119

Affected Software
References

Software	From	Fixed in
videolan / vlc_media_player	-	2.2.1.x

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00040.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133266/VLC-2.2.1-Arbitrary-Pointer-Dereference.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3342
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/20/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/20/8
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536287/100/0/threaded
https://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-2.2.git;a=commitdiff;h=ce91452460a75d7424b165c4dc8db98114c3cbd9;hp=9e12195d3e4316278af1fa4bcb6a705ff27456fd
https://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-2.2.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=ce91452460a75d7424b165c4dc8db98114c3cbd9%3Bhp=9e12195d3e4316278af1fa4bcb6a705ff27456fd
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-08
https://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2015-009.html

Vulnerability Database

289,784

CVE-2015-5949