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FKIE_CVE-2011-0522

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2011-02-07 21:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:27
Severity
Summary
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi?p=vlc/vlc-1.1.git%3Ba=tag%3Bh=bb16813ddb61a53113c71bccc525559405785452
secalert@redhat.comhttp://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-devel/2011-January/078607.htmlPatch
secalert@redhat.comhttp://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-devel/2011-January/078614.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://securityreason.com/securityalert/8064
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16108Exploit
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/7Patch
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/9Patch
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46008Exploit
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0225Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65029
secalert@redhat.comhttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12414
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi?p=vlc/vlc-1.1.git%3Ba=tag%3Bh=bb16813ddb61a53113c71bccc525559405785452
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-devel/2011-January/078607.htmlPatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-devel/2011-January/078614.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8064
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16108Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/7Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/9Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46008Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0225Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65029
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12414

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      "value": "La funci\u00f3n StripTags en  (1) el decodificador USF (modules/codec/subtitles/subsdec.c) y (2) el decodificador de texto (modules/codec/subtitles/subsusf.c) en VideoLAN VLC Media Player 1.1 antes de v1.1.6- rc permite a atacantes remotos ejecutar c\u00f3digo arbitrario a trav\u00e9s de un subt\u00edtulo con una abertura \"\u003c\" sin cierre \"\u003e\" en un fichero MKV, que provoca da\u00f1os en la memoria din\u00e1mica, como lo demuestra el uso refined-australia-blu720p-sample.mkv."
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T23:27:33.380",
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