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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 arbitr

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8 EPSS 0.07445
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  • EPSS percentile: top 8% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • Public exploit or PoC is available
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
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Affected Products & Versions

1
videolan vlc media player<= 2.2.1
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Public Exploits & PoCs

1
pocpacketstormsecurity.com · VLC-2.2.1-Arbitrary-Pointer-Dereference.htmlpacketstormsecurity.com
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Scoring & Timeline

6.8
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD25 Aug 2015 · 05:59 PM
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Vendor Advisories

1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10064-1
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References & Sources

8
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00040.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3342
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/20/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/20/8
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536287/100/0/threaded
https://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-2.2.git
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