CVE-2011-0522

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.

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12414

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65029

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0225

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/9

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/7

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8064

http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-devel/2011-January/078614.html

http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-devel/2011-January/078607.html

http://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi?p=vlc/vlc-1.1.git%3Ba=tag%3Bh=bb16813ddb61a53113c71bccc525559405785452

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3