MGASA-2015-0329

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    MGASA-2015-0329

    Published: 27 Aug 2015Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-5949

    Summary: Updated vlc packages fix security vulnerabilities

    Details: Loren Maggiore of Trail of Bits discovered that the 3GP parser of VLC, a multimedia player and streamer, could dereference an arbitrary pointer due to insufficient restrictions on a writable buffer. This could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted 3GP files (CVE-2015-5949).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0329.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16631, http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2015-009.html, https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2015/msg00241.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: vlc

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/vlc?arch=source&distro=mageia-4

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.1.6-1.1.mga4

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
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    Availability
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