CVE-2011-0522

Publication date 7 February 2011

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
vlc 11.04 natty
Not affected
10.10 maverick
Fixed 1.1.4-1ubuntu1.3
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 1.0.6-1ubuntu1.4
9.10 karmic Ignored end of life
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored end of life
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored end of life

Patch details

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Package Patch details
vlc