PT-2011-2425 · Videolan · Vlc Media Player

Dan Rosenberg · Published 2011-02-07 · Updated 2017-09-19 · CVE-2011-0531

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions VLC media player version 1.1.6.1 and earlier

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and potentially execute arbitrary commands via a crafted MKV (WebM or Matroska) file. This is related to "class mismatching" and the MKV IS ID macro, which can trigger memory corruption.

Recommendations For VLC media player version 1.1.6.1 and earlier, consider updating to a newer version to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the MKV demuxer plugin until a patch is available. Restrict access to crafted MKV files to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-0531

DSA-2159-1

Affected Products

Vlc Media Player

References · 21

• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/vlc_webm.rb · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/16637 · Exploit
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43131 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2011-0531 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-0531 · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/31/4 · Patch
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/31/8 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-0531 · Security Note
• http://debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2159 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-0531 · Vendor Advisory
• http://videolan.org/security/sa1102.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12415 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65045 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/46060 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1025018 · Note