CVE-2011-0522: Buffer Overflow
First published: Mon Feb 07 2011(Updated: )
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.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Videolan Vlc Media Player | =1.1.0 | |
| Videolan Vlc Media Player | =1.1.1 | |
| Videolan Vlc Media Player | =1.1.2 | |
| Videolan Vlc Media Player | =1.1.3 | |
| Videolan Vlc Media Player | =1.1.4 | |
| Videolan Vlc Media Player | =1.1.5 | |
| Videolan Vlc Media Player | =1.1.6 |
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Reference Links
- http://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi?p=vlc/vlc-1.1.git;a=tag;h=bb16813ddb61a53113c71bccc525559405785452
- http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-devel/2011-January/078607.html
- http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-devel/2011-January/078614.html
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8064
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16108
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/7
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/9
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46008
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0225
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65029
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12414
- http://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi?p=vlc/vlc-1.1.git%3Ba=tag%3Bh=bb16813ddb61a53113c71bccc525559405785452
- collector/nvd-index
- collector/nvd-historical
- collector/nvd-api
- agent/severity
- agent/author
- agent/weakness
- agent/references
- agent/description
- agent/type
- agent/event
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/remedy
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/tags
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- vendor/videolan
- canonical/videolan vlc media player
- version/videolan vlc media player/1.1.0
- version/videolan vlc media player/1.1.1
- version/videolan vlc media player/1.1.2
- version/videolan vlc media player/1.1.3
- version/videolan vlc media player/1.1.4
- version/videolan vlc media player/1.1.5
- version/videolan vlc media player/1.1.6