FKIE_CVE-2015-5949

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2015-08-25 17:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:30
Severity
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00040.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133266/VLC-2.2.1-Arbitrary-Pointer-Dereference.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3342
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/20/3
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/20/8
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536287/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttps://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-2.2.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=ce91452460a75d7424b165c4dc8db98114c3cbd9%3Bhp=9e12195d3e4316278af1fa4bcb6a705ff27456fd
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-08
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2015-009.htmlUS Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00040.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133266/VLC-2.2.1-Arbitrary-Pointer-Dereference.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3342
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/20/3
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/20/8
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536287/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-2.2.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=ce91452460a75d7424b165c4dc8db98114c3cbd9%3Bhp=9e12195d3e4316278af1fa4bcb6a705ff27456fd
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-08
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2015-009.htmlUS Government Resource
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
videolan vlc_media_player *
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