Executive Summary
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | CVE-2011-0522 | First vendor Publication | 2011-02-07 |
| Vendor | Cve | Last vendor Modification | 2024-11-21 |
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
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)
Alert History
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| 2024-11-28 23:06:10 |
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| 2021-05-04 12:13:55 |
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| 2021-04-22 01:15:05 |
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| 2020-05-23 00:27:43 |
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| 2018-07-13 01:03:52 |
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| 2017-09-19 09:24:11 |
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| 2017-08-17 09:23:17 |
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| 2016-04-26 20:31:17 |
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| 2014-11-07 13:26:10 |
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| 2014-02-17 11:00:07 |
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| 2014-01-19 21:27:28 |
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| 2013-05-10 22:53:55 |
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