cve/2011/CVE-2011-0522.md

CVE-2011-0522

Description

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.

POC

Reference

• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8064
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16108

Github

• https://github.com/Hwangtaewon/radamsa
• https://github.com/StephenHaruna/RADAMSA
• https://github.com/nqwang/radamsa
• https://github.com/sambacha/mirror-radamsa
• https://github.com/sunzu94/radamsa-Fuzzer