CVE-2015-5949

Publication date 25 August 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

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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.

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Status

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

Notes

mdeslaur

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

Patch details

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Package Patch details
vlc

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