CVE-2011-0021

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in cdg.c in the CDG decoder in VideoLAN VLC Media Player before 1.1.6 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted CDG video.

Score

CVSS 2.0 9.3 Critical

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2011-01-25

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected products

• Vlc Media Player (Videolan)

References

• http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/1.1.6/vlc-1.1.6.tar.bz2
• http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f9b664eac0e1a7bceed9d7b5854fd9fc351b4aab
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/19/6
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/20/3
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45927
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0185
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64879
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12460