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CVE-2011-0522

VideoLAN VLC Media Player 1.1 - Subtitle 'StripTags()' Memory Corruption

Severity Score

6.8
*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

3
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

The StripTags function in (1) the USF decoder (modules/codec/subtitles/subsdec.c) and (2) the Text decoder (modules/codec/subtitles/subsusf.c) in VideoLAN VLC Media Player 1.1 before 1.1.6-rc allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a subtitle with an opening "<" without a closing ">" in an MKV file, which triggers heap memory corruption, as demonstrated using refined-australia-blu720p-sample.mkv.

La función StripTags en (1) el decodificador USF (modules/codec/subtitles/subsdec.c) y (2) el decodificador de texto (modules/codec/subtitles/subsusf.c) en VideoLAN VLC Media Player 1.1 antes de v1.1.6- rc permite a atacantes remotos ejecutar código arbitrario a través de un subtítulo con una abertura "<" sin cierre ">" en un fichero MKV, que provoca daños en la memoria dinámica, como lo demuestra el uso refined-australia-blu720p-sample.mkv.

VLC Media Player suffers from a subtitle StripTags() function memory corruption vulnerability.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2011-01-20 CVE Reserved
  • 2011-02-03 CVE Published
  • 2011-02-03 First Exploit
  • 2024-08-06 CVE Updated
  • 2024-09-30 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
  • CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Videolan
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Vlc Media Player
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1.1.0
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Affected
Videolan
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Vlc Media Player
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1.1.1
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Videolan
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Vlc Media Player
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1.1.2
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Videolan
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Vlc Media Player
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1.1.3
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Videolan
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Vlc Media Player
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1.1.4
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Videolan
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Vlc Media Player
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1.1.5
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Videolan
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Vlc Media Player
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1.1.6
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