CVE-2011-0021
Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in cdg.c in the CDG decoder in VideoLAN VLC Media Player before 1.1.6 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute
02 Description
Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in cdg.c in the CDG decoder in VideoLAN VLC Media Player before 1.1.6 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 5.82% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 93.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2011-01-25 18:00Z15 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 21:43Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2010-12-07
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 93b0bbda328c051522dbcfbbef9e7504c4628a88b4c97c06bf08e82d1373c1e1
05 Affected products
06 References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comvlcmediaplayer-cdg-code-execution(64879)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64879
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:12460https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12460
- www.vupen.comADV-2011-0185http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0185
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20110120 Re: CVE request: heap corruption in VLC media playerhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/20/3
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20110119 CVE request: heap corruption in VLC media playerhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/19/6
- www.securityfocus.com45927http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45927
- download.videolan.orghttp://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/1.1.6/vlc-1.1.6.tar.bz2
- git.videolan.orghttp://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f9b664eac0e1a7bceed9d7b5854fd9fc351b4aab
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- vlc Fixed in 1.1.3-1squeeze2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- vlc Fixed in 1.1.3-1squeeze2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- vlc Fixed in 1.1.3-1squeeze2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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