CVE-2011-2588

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the AVI_ChunkRead_strf function in libavi.c in the AVI demuxer in VideoLAN VLC media player before 1.1.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted AVI media file.

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14858

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68532

http://www.videolan.org/security/sa1106.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48664

http://secunia.com/advisories/45066

http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9c14964bd11482d5c1d6c0e223440f9f1e5b1831

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3