Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2011-0522 First vendor Publication 2011-02-07
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:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 6.8 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-0522

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:12414
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12414
Title: Heap based memory corruption vulnerability in "StripTags()" function within the USF and Text subtitles decoders in VideoLAN VLC Media Player 1.1 before 1.1.6
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.
Family: windows Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2011-0522
 Version: 8
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 7

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2011-02-23 Name : VLC Media Player USF and Text Subtitles Decoders BOF Vulnerabilities (Linux)
File : nvt/secpod_vlc_media_player_bof_vuln_feb11_lin.nasl
2011-02-23 Name : VLC Media Player USF and Text Subtitles Decoders BOF Vulnerabilities (Windows)
File : nvt/secpod_vlc_media_player_bof_vuln_feb11_win.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
72906 VLC Media Player Text Decoder modules/codec/subtitles/subsusf.c StripTags Fun...
72905 VLC Media Player USF Decoder modules/codec/subtitles/subsdec.c StripTags Func...

Snort® IPS/IDS

Date Description
2014-01-10 VideoLAN VLC Media Player Subtitle StripTags Heap Buffer Overflow
RuleID : 19421 - Revision : 12 - Type : FILE-MULTIMEDIA
2014-01-10 VideoLAN VLC Media Player Subtitle StripTags Heap Buffer Overflow
RuleID : 19420 - Revision : 12 - Type : FILE-MULTIMEDIA

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/gitweb.cgi?p=vlc/vlc-1.1.git%3Ba=tag%3Bh=bb16813ddb61...
Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46008
EXPLOIT-DB http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16108
MLIST http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-devel/2011-January/078607.html
http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-devel/2011-January/078614.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/7
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/9
OVAL https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
SREASON http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8064
VUPEN http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0225
XF https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65029

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