CVE-2011-0522

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 products

Vlc Media Player

Videolan Vlc Media Player

= 1.1.0, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3, 1.1.4, 1.1.5, 1.1.6

Fix

Available

CVSS 2.0

6.8 MEDIUM

EPSS

51.3% (99th percentile)

Weakness

CWE-119

NVD status

Modified

Published

2011-02-07