Executive Summary
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | CVE-2011-0531 | 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:C/I:C/A:C) | |||
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| 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
| demux/mkv/mkv.hpp in the MKV demuxer plugin in VideoLAN VLC media player 1.1.6.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and execute arbitrary commands via a crafted MKV (WebM or Matroska) file that triggers memory corruption, related to "class mismatching" and the MKV_IS_ID macro. |
Original Source
| Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-0531 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-20 | Improper Input Validation |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11992 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11992 | ||
| Title: | DSA-2211-1 vlc -- missing input sanitising | ||
| Description: | Ricardo Narvaja discovered that missing input sanitising in VLC, a multimedia player and streamer, could lead to the execution of arbitrary code if a user is tricked into opening a malformed media file. This update also provides updated packages for oldstable for vulnerabilities, which have already been addressed in Debian stable , either during the freeze or in DSA-2159 | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | DSA-2211-1 CVE-2010-3275 CVE-2010-3276 CVE-2010-0522 CVE-2010-1441 CVE-2010-1442 CVE-2011-0531 | Version: | 5 |
| Platform(s): | Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 Debian GNU/Linux 6.0 Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 6.0 | Product(s): | vlc |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
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| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12415 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12415 | ||
| Title: | Denial of service vulnerability in the MKV demuxer plugin in VideoLAN VLC media player in VideoLAN VLC Media Player before 1.1.7 | ||
| Description: | demux/mkv/mkv.hpp in the MKV demuxer plugin in VideoLAN VLC media player 1.1.6.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and execute arbitrary commands via a crafted MKV (WebM or Matroska) file that triggers memory corruption, related to "class mismatching" and the MKV_IS_ID macro. | ||
| Family: | windows | Class: | vulnerability |
| Reference(s): | CVE-2011-0531 | Version: | 9 |
| 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: | |||
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12718 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12718 | ||
| Title: | DSA-2159-1 vlc -- missing input sanitising | ||
| Description: | Dan Rosenberg discovered that insufficient input validation in VLC's processing of Matroska/WebM containers could lead to the execution of arbitrary code. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | DSA-2159-1 CVE-2011-0531 | Version: | 5 |
| Platform(s): | Debian GNU/Linux 6.0 Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 6.0 | Product(s): | vlc |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
SAINT Exploits
| Description | Link |
|---|---|
| VideoLAN VLC Media Player MKV Demuxer Code Execution | More info here |
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2011-05-12 | Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 2211-1 (vlc) File : nvt/deb_2211_1.nasl |
| 2011-03-07 | Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 2159-1 (vlc) File : nvt/deb_2159_1.nasl |
| 2011-03-05 | Name : FreeBSD Ports: vlc File : nvt/freebsd_vlc4.nasl |
| 2011-02-23 | Name : VLC Media Player '.mkv' Code Execution Vulnerability (Linux) File : nvt/secpod_vlc_media_player_code_exec_vuln_lin.nasl |
| 2011-02-23 | Name : VLC Media Player '.mkv' Code Execution Vulnerability (Windows) File : nvt/secpod_vlc_media_player_code_exec_vuln_win.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 70698 | VLC Media Player MKV Demuxer modules/demux/mkv/mkv.hpp MKV_IS_ID Macro Arbitr... VLC Media Player contains an input validation error within the 'MKV_IS_ID' macro in 'modules/demux/mkv/mkv.hpp' of the MKV demuxer. This may be exploited by a context-dependent attacker with a crafted MKV file to execute arbitrary code. |
Snort® IPS/IDS
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2014-01-10 | VideoLAN VLC webm memory corruption attempt RuleID : 24283 - Revision : 5 - Type : FILE-MULTIMEDIA |
| 2014-01-10 | VideoLAN VLC webm memory corruption attempt RuleID : 20227 - 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 |
| 2011-04-07 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-2211.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2011-02-11 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-2159.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2011-02-02 | Name : The remote Windows host contains an media player that is affected by a code e... File : vlc_1_1_7.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Sources (Detail)
Alert History
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