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VLC Media Player < 1.1.7 Code Execution Vulnerability

high Log Correlation Engine Plugin ID 801173

Synopsis

The remote host contains an application that allows arbitrary code execution.

Description

The remote host contains VLC player, a multi-media application.

Versions of VLC media player earlier than 1.1.7 are potentially affected by a code execution vulnerability due to insufficient input validation when parsing a specially crafted Matroska or WebM (MKV) file.

Solution

Upgrade to VLC Media Player version 1.1.7 or later.

See Also

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

http://.videolan.org/developers/vlc-branch/NEWS

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 801173

Family: Web Clients

Published: 2/2/2011

Nessus ID: 51851

Vulnerability Information

Patch Publication Date: 2/1/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/30/2011

Exploitable With

Metasploit (VideoLAN VLC MKV Memory Corruption)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-0531

BID: 46060