CVE-2011-0522
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 6.8 · Memory corruption
6.8CVSS MEDIUM
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexity—
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Exploit probability (EPSS)52%
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-devel/2011-January/078607.html ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-devel/2011-January/078607.htmlPatch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/7Patch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/9Patch
- http://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi?p=vlc/vlc-1.1.git%3Ba=tag%3Bh=bb16813ddb61a53113c71bccc525559405785452
- http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-devel/2011-January/078614.html
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8064
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16108Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46008Exploit