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NVD Vulnerability Details :

CVE-2015-5949

Deferred

Source-cve@mitre.org

Published At-25 Aug, 2015 | 17:59

Updated At-12 Apr, 2025 | 10:46

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.

Date Added	Due Date	Vulnerability Name	Required Action
	N/A

Metrics

Type	Version	Base score	Base severity	Vector
Primary	2.0	6.8	MEDIUM	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CPE Matches

VideoLAN

>>vlc_media_player>>Versions up to 2.2.1(inclusive)

cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Weaknesses

CWE ID	Type	Source
CWE-119	Primary	nvd@nist.gov

References

Hyperlink	Source	Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00040.html	cve@mitre.org	N/A
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133266/VLC-2.2.1-Arbitrary-Pointer-Dereference.html	cve@mitre.org	N/A
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3342	cve@mitre.org	N/A
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/20/3	cve@mitre.org	N/A
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/20/8	cve@mitre.org	N/A
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536287/100/0/threaded	cve@mitre.org	N/A
https://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-2.2.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=ce91452460a75d7424b165c4dc8db98114c3cbd9%3Bhp=9e12195d3e4316278af1fa4bcb6a705ff27456fd	cve@mitre.org	N/A
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-08	cve@mitre.org	N/A
https://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2015-009.html	cve@mitre.org	US Government Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00040.html	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	N/A
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133266/VLC-2.2.1-Arbitrary-Pointer-Dereference.html	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	N/A
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3342	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	N/A
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/20/3	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	N/A
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/20/8	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	N/A
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536287/100/0/threaded	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	N/A
https://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-2.2.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=ce91452460a75d7424b165c4dc8db98114c3cbd9%3Bhp=9e12195d3e4316278af1fa4bcb6a705ff27456fd	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	N/A
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-08	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	N/A
https://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2015-009.html	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	US Government Resource

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