CVEvulnerability

CVE-2011-0522

6.8 MEDIUM Published 2011-02-07 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2011-02-07
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-119

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.

Affected configurations

• videolan vlc media player 1.1.0 • videolan vlc media player 1.1.1 • videolan vlc media player 1.1.2 • videolan vlc media player 1.1.3 • videolan vlc media player 1.1.4 • videolan vlc media player 1.1.5 • videolan vlc media player 1.1.6

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness

References