CVE-2011-0531

Public exploit code

Working exploit or proof of concept code has been published for this vulnerability. Treat unpatched systems as at risk.

• VideoLAN VLC Media Player 1.1.6 - 'MKV' Memory Corruption (Metasploit)2011-02-08 · local · windows · Verified

Impact

demux/mkv/mkv.hpp in the MKV demuxer plugin in VideoLAN VLC media player 1.1.6.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and execute arbitrary commands via a crafted MKV (WebM or Matroska) file that triggers memory corruption, related to "class mismatching" and the MKV_IS_ID macro.

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Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=59491dcedffbf97612d2c572943b56ee4289dd07
• http://osvdb.org/70698
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43131
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43242
• http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2159
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/31/4
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/31/8
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46060
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025018
• http://www.videolan.org/security/sa1102.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0363
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65045
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12415
• http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=59491dcedffbf97612d2c572943b56ee4289dd07
• http://osvdb.org/70698
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43131
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43242
• http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2159
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/31/4
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/31/8
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46060
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025018
• http://www.videolan.org/security/sa1102.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0363
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65045