{ "CVE_data_meta": { "ASSIGNER": "secalert@redhat.com", "ID": "CVE-2011-0522", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "n/a", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name": "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "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." } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "name": "46008", "refsource": "BID", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46008" }, { "name": "vlcmediaplayer-usf-bo(65029)", "refsource": "XF", "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65029" }, { "name": "oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12414", "refsource": "OVAL", "url": "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12414" }, { "name": "8064", "refsource": "SREASON", "url": "http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8064" }, { "name": "[oss-security] 20110125 Re: CVE Request: VLC Subtitle StripTags heap corruption", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/9" }, { "name": "16108", "refsource": "EXPLOIT-DB", "url": "http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16108" }, { "name": "[oss-security] 20110125 CVE Request: VLC Subtitle StripTags heap corruption", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/7" }, { "name": "[vlc-devel] 20110117 Security: Subtitle StripTags heap corruption, potentially exploitable. Patch included", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-devel/2011-January/078614.html" }, { "name": "ADV-2011-0225", "refsource": "VUPEN", "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0225" }, { "name": "http://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi?p=vlc/vlc-1.1.git;a=tag;h=bb16813ddb61a53113c71bccc525559405785452", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "http://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi?p=vlc/vlc-1.1.git;a=tag;h=bb16813ddb61a53113c71bccc525559405785452" }, { "name": "[vlc-devel] 20110116 Security: Subtitle StripTags heap corruption, potentially exploitable. Patch included", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-devel/2011-January/078607.html" } ] } }