CVE-2011-0522

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 None
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2011-0522
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2011-02-07T21:00:15
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-09-19T01:32:03
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-119 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:1.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:1.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 6.8
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16108 Exploit
http://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi?p=vlc/vlc-1.1.git;a=tag;h=bb16813ddb61a53113c71bccc525559405785452 Patch
http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-devel/2011-January/078614.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/9 Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46008 Exploit
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0225 Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/7 Patch
http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-devel/2011-January/078607.html Patch
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8064
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65029
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12414
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-0522
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-0522
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 08:33:24 Added to TrackCVE