CVE-2015-5949
VLC Media Player Heap-Based Buffer Overflow
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Aug. 25, 2015, 5:59 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 7, 2023, 2:26 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
6.4
Exploitability Score :
8.6
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2015-5949 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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CVE-2015-5949 vulnerability over time.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 07, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference MITRE https://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-2.2.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=ce91452460a75d7424b165c4dc8db98114c3cbd9%3Bhp=9e12195d3e4316278af1fa4bcb6a705ff27456fd [No types assigned] Removed Reference MITRE https://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-2.2.git;a=commitdiff;h=ce91452460a75d7424b165c4dc8db98114c3cbd9;hp=9e12195d3e4316278af1fa4bcb6a705ff27456fd -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 09, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/536287/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536287/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 01, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-08 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 06, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00040.html [No Types Assigned] -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Aug. 25, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) Added CWE CWE-119 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Aug. 25, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2015-5949 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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Exploit Prediction
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19.18 }} 0.78%
score
0.96218
percentile