CVE-2015-5949

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium

CVSS6.8

Exploit probability—

ProductVideolan Vlc Media Player

PublishedAug 25, 2015

First seenAug 25, 2015

How to fix

Vendor advisories

security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-08

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
videolan vlc_media_player	v ≤ 2.2.1	—

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