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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…
Medium6.8EPSS 13.3%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 13.3% · top 3.6% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (9)
- https://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-2.2.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=ce91452460a75d7424b165c4dc8db98114c3cbd9%3Bhp=9e12195d3e4316278af1fa4bcb6a705ff27456fd (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-3342 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- GLSA-201603-08 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20150820 Re: [oCERT-2015-009] VLC arbitrary pointer dereference (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 20150820 [oCERT-2015-009] VLC arbitrary pointer dereference (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- https://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2015-009.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:0476 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20150820 [oCERT-2015-009] VLC arbitrary pointer dereference (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133266/VLC-2.2.1-Arbitrary-Pointer-Dereference.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
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