CVE-2011-0522
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Feb 7, 2011
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Jan 20, 2011
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 "<" without a closing ">" in an MKV file, which triggers heap memory corruption, as demonstrated using refined-australia-blu720p-sample.mkv.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- 46008vdb-entry
- vlcmediaplayer-usf-bo(65029)vdb-entry
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12414vdb-entrysignature
- 8064third-party-advisory
- [oss-security] 20110125 Re: CVE Request: VLC Subtitle StripTags heap corruptionmailing-list
- 16108exploit
- [oss-security] 20110125 CVE Request: VLC Subtitle StripTags heap corruptionmailing-list
- [vlc-devel] 20110117 Security: Subtitle StripTags heap corruption, potentially exploitable. Patch includedmailing-list
- ADV-2011-0225vdb-entry
- http://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi?p=vlc/vlc-1.1.git%3Ba=tag%3Bh=bb16813ddb61a53113c71bccc525559405785452
- [vlc-devel] 20110116 Security: Subtitle StripTags heap corruption, potentially exploitable. Patch includedmailing-list
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