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CVE-2011-0522

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-119 Buffer Errors
Publication date:
07/02/2011
Last modified:
11/04/2025

Description

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 "" in an MKV file, which triggers heap memory corruption, as demonstrated using refined-australia-blu720p-sample.mkv.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.80 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
6.80
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:1.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:1.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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