CVE-2011-0522 (GCVE-0-2011-0522)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2011-02-07 20:19
Modified
2024-08-06 21:58
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
References
secalert@redhat.com http://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi?p=vlc/vlc-1.1.git%3Ba=tag%3Bh=bb16813ddb61a53113c71bccc525559405785452
secalert@redhat.com http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-devel/2011-January/078607.html Patch
secalert@redhat.com http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-devel/2011-January/078614.html
secalert@redhat.com http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8064
secalert@redhat.com http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16108 Exploit
secalert@redhat.com http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/7 Patch
secalert@redhat.com http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/9 Patch
secalert@redhat.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46008 Exploit
secalert@redhat.com http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0225 Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.com https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65029
secalert@redhat.com https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12414
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi?p=vlc/vlc-1.1.git%3Ba=tag%3Bh=bb16813ddb61a53113c71bccc525559405785452
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-devel/2011-January/078607.html Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-devel/2011-January/078614.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8064
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16108 Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/7 Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/9 Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46008 Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0225 Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65029
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12414
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