CVE-2015-5949

Published: Aug 25, 2015Modified: May 6, 2026

6.8

Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability: 8.6 / Impact: 6.4

Source: NVD

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 (1)

Products: Videolan: Vlc Media Player

Videolan

1 product

Vlc Media Player

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Videolan Vlc Media Player	Up to 2.2.1

Related CWEs

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (18)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00040.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133266/VLC-2.2.1-Arbitrary-Pointer-Dereference.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3342

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/20/3

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/20/8

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536287/100/0/threaded

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-2.2.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=ce91452460a75d7424b165c4dc8db98114c3cbd9%3Bhp=9e12195d3e4316278af1fa4bcb6a705ff27456fd

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-08

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2015-009.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

US Government Resource

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00040.html