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CVE-2011-0021

HIGH severity · CVSS 9.3 · Memory corruption
9.3CVSS HIGH

Summary

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in cdg.c in the CDG decoder in VideoLAN VLC Media Player before 1.1.6 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted CDG video.

Impact & exploitability

Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexity
Privileges required
User interaction
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Exploit probability (EPSS)6%

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products we track (1)

Recommendation

Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.

Official patch: http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/1.1.6/vlc-1.1.6.tar.bz2 ↗