CVE-2015-5949
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.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 13.3%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 13.34% probability · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- videolan/vlc media player
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 13.3% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00040.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133266/VLC-2.2.1-Arbitrary-Pointer-Dereference.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3342
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/20/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/20/8
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536287/100/0/threaded
- https://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-2.2.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=ce91452460a75d7424b165c4dc8db98114c3cbd9%3Bhp=9e12195d3e4316278af1fa4bcb6a705ff27456fd
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-08
- https://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2015-009.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00040.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133266/VLC-2.2.1-Arbitrary-Pointer-Dereference.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3342
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/20/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/20/8
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536287/100/0/threaded
- https://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-2.2.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=ce91452460a75d7424b165c4dc8db98114c3cbd9%3Bhp=9e12195d3e4316278af1fa4bcb6a705ff27456fd
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-08
- https://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2015-009.htmlUS Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.