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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2011-0531 EUVD-2011-0550GHSA-w2cf-f7gp-7p29

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 s…

Published Feb 7, 2011 · Updated Aug 6, 2024 · Assigned by redhat

Package: vlc Ecosystem: Debian

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.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Debian

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 vlc 1.1.7-1 —
Debian 13 vlc 1.1.7-1 —
Debian 12 vlc 1.1.7-1 —
Debian 6.0 vlc 1.1.3-1squeeze3 DSA-2159-1

Public exploits

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Metasploit 1 module

Exploit-DB 1

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Advisories 1

References