{"id":"MGASA-2015-0324","summary":"Updated vlc packages fix security vulnerability","details":"Loren Maggiore of Trail of Bits discovered that the 3GP parser of VLC, a\nmultimedia player and streamer, could dereference an arbitrary pointer\ndue to insufficient restrictions on a writable buffer. This could allow\nremote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted 3GP files\n(CVE-2015-5949).\n","modified":"2026-04-16T06:23:45.202683616Z","published":"2015-08-25T18:17:48Z","upstream":["CVE-2015-5949"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0324.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16623"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2015-009.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2015/msg00241.html"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"vlc","ecosystem":"Mageia:5","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/vlc?arch=source&distro=mageia-5"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.2.1-1.1.mga5"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0324.json"}},{"package":{"name":"vlc","ecosystem":"Mageia:5","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/vlc?arch=source&distro=mageia-5"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.2.1-1.1.mga5.tainted"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"tainted"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0324.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}