CVE-2011-0522
MEDIUMEPSS 99th pctlDescription
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.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 99% of all known CVEs.
References
- 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/078607.html
- http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-devel/2011-January/078614.html
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8064
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16108
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/7
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/9
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46008
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0225
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65029
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12414
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