CVE-2011-0531

Description

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.

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12415

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65045

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0363

http://www.videolan.org/security/sa1102.html

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025018

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46060

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/31/8

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/31/4

http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2159

http://secunia.com/advisories/43242

http://secunia.com/advisories/43131

http://osvdb.org/70698

http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=59491dcedffbf97612d2c572943b56ee4289dd07

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3