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title: "CVE-2015-5949\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2015-5949

Publication date 25 August 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## 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.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5949?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| vlc | 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | Ignored end of life |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5949?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

code in trusty and earlier is different, and reproducer doesn't
work.

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| vlc | * Upstream:   <https://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-2.2.git;a=commit;h=ce91452460a75d7424b165c4dc8db98114c3cbd9> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5949)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5949)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-5949)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5949)

### Other references

* <http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2015-009.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5949>