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Vulnerability details: VCID-f917-javp-aaaf
Vulnerability ID VCID-f917-javp-aaaf
Aliases CVE-2011-0522
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 2.0
Weighted Severity 6.1
Risk 10.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
System Score Found at
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cvssv2 6.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-0522
Reference id Reference type URL
http://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi?p=vlc/vlc-1.1.git%3Ba=tag%3Bh=bb16813ddb61a53113c71bccc525559405785452
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
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-0522
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-0522
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8064
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65029
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12414
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
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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CVE-2011-0522 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-0522
CVE-2011-0522;OSVDB-72906;OSVDB-72905 Exploit https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/multiple/dos/16108.txt
GLSA-201411-01 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201411-01
Data source Exploit-DB
Date added Feb. 3, 2011
Description VideoLAN VLC Media Player 1.1 - Subtitle 'StripTags()' Memory Corruption
Ransomware campaign use Unknown
Source publication date Feb. 3, 2011
Exploit type dos
Platform multiple
Source update date Nov. 15, 2016
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-0522
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.97846
EPSS Score 0.57835
Published At Dec. 17, 2024, midnight
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