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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 13.33% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 96.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2015-08-25 17:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 07:06Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-08-06
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 049d4c646e450876eb16a8b87dacfdb2c71e5fd19d7367d12675173461df8337
05 Affected products
06 References
- git.videolan.orghttps://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-2.2.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=ce91452460a75d7424b165c4dc8db98114c3cbd9%3Bhp=9e12195d3e4316278af1fa4bcb6a705ff27456fd
- www.debian.orgDSA-3342http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3342
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201603-08https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-08
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20150820 Re: [oCERT-2015-009] VLC arbitrary pointer dereferencehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/20/8
- www.securityfocus.com20150820 [oCERT-2015-009] VLC arbitrary pointer dereferencehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536287/100/0/threaded
- www.ocert.orghttps://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2015-009.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:0476http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00040.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20150820 [oCERT-2015-009] VLC arbitrary pointer dereferencehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/20/3
- packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133266/VLC-2.2.1-Arbitrary-Pointer-Dereference.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- vlc Fixed in 2.2.1-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- vlc Fixed in 2.2.1-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- vlc Fixed in 2.2.1-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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