Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2011-0021 First vendor Publication 2011-01-25
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2023-11-07

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 9.3 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in cdg.c in the CDG decoder in VideoLAN VLC Media Player before 1.1.6 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted CDG video.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-0021

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-119 Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12460
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12460
Title: Multiple heap-based buffer overflow vulnerabilities in VideoLAN VLC Media Player before 1.1.6
Description: Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in cdg.c in the CDG decoder in VideoLAN VLC Media Player before 1.1.6 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted CDG video.
Family: windows Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2011-0021
Version: 7
Platform(s): Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows 7
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Microsoft Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows XP
Product(s): VLC Media Player
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 103

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2011-01-31 Name : VLC Media Player 'CDG decoder' multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities (Linux)
File : nvt/gb_vlc_media_player_bof_vuln_jan11_lin.nasl
2011-01-31 Name : VLC Media Player 'CDG decoder' multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities (Wind...
File : nvt/gb_vlc_media_player_bof_vuln_jan11_win.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
70656 VLC Media Player CDG Decoder cdg.c Crafted Video File Handling Overflow DoS

VLC Media Player is prone to an overflow condition. The program fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input resulting in a heap-based buffer overflow. With a specially crafted CDG video, a context-dependent attacker can cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2014-11-06 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201411-01.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-01-27 Name : The remote Windows host contains an media player that is affected by multiple...
File : vlc_1_1_6.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f9b664eac0e1a7bceed9d7b5854...
Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45927
CONFIRM http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/1.1.6/vlc-1.1.6.tar.bz2
MLIST http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/19/6
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/20/3
OVAL https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
VUPEN http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0185
XF https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64879

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