CVE-2015-5949
Published: 25 August 2015
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.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| mdeslaur | code in trusty and earlier is different, and reproducer doesn't work. |
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
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vlc Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Not vulnerable
(2.0.8-0ubuntu0.12.04.1)
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| trusty |
Not vulnerable
(2.1.6-0ubuntu14.04.1)
|
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| upstream |
Released
(2.2.1-3)
|
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| vivid |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
| wily |
Not vulnerable
(2.2.1-3)
|
|
| xenial |
Not vulnerable
(2.2.2-5)
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Patches: upstream: https://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-2.2.git;a=commit;h=ce91452460a75d7424b165c4dc8db98114c3cbd9 |
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