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http://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi?p=vlc/vlc-1.1.git%3Ba=tag%3Bh=bb16813ddb61a53113c71bccc525559405785452 CVE-2011-0522
VideoLAN VLC Media Player 1.1 - Subtitle 'StripTags()' Memory Corruption
Record summary
CVE-2011-0522 has a selected CVSS score of 6.8; EIP currently links 1 catalogued exploit.
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.
Description source: CVE List
Exploitation context
Available material
- Catalogued exploits
- 1
Proofs of concept
1Catalogued exploits
ExploitDBVideoLAN VLC Media Player 1.1 - Subtitle 'StripTags()' Memory CorruptionExploitDB exploitby Harry SintonenNot analyzed1 file
References
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http://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi?p=vlc/vlc-1.1.git;a=tag;h=bb16813ddb61a53113c71bccc525559405785452 [vlc-devel] 20110116 Security: Subtitle StripTags heap corruption, potentially exploitable. Patch includedmailing list
http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-devel/2011-January/078607.html [vlc-devel] 20110117 Security: Subtitle StripTags heap corruption, potentially exploitable. Patch includedmailing list
http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-devel/2011-January/078614.html 8064Third-party advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8064 16108exploit
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16108 [oss-security] 20110125 CVE Request: VLC Subtitle StripTags heap corruptionmailing list
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/7 [oss-security] 20110125 Re: CVE Request: VLC Subtitle StripTags heap corruptionmailing list
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/9 46008vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46008 ADV-2011-0225vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0225 vlcmediaplayer-usf-bo(65029)vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65029 nvd.nist.gov
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-0522