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 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/1.1.6/vlc-1.1.6.tar.bz2Patch
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/20/3Patch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0185Advisory
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f9b664eac0e1a7bceed9d7b5854fd9fc351b4aab
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/19/6
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45927
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64879
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12460