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Medium
CVE-2015-5949
VideoLAN VLC media player 2.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-2.2.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=ce91452460a75d7424b165c4dc8db98114c3cbd9%3Bhp=9e12195d3e4316278af1fa4bcb6a705ff27456fd
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3342
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-08
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/20/8
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536287/100/0/threaded
- https://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2015-009.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00040.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/20/3
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133266/VLC-2.2.1-Arbitrary-Pointer-Dereference.html
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Affected Vendor
videolan
View all reports →Affected Software
vlc media player
Vulnerable Versions:
0
Timeline
Official Publish:
August 25th, 2015
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.