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.
Published: 2015-08-25
Score: 6.8 Medium
EPSS: 7.4% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3342-1 vlc security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-5895 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.
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Videolan Vlc Media Player
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T07:06:35.102Z

Reserved: 2015-08-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-5949

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-08-25T17:59:05.133

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-5949

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