CVE-2011-0021 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in VLC Media Player

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer7 documents6 sources
Severity
9.3CRITICALNVD
EPSS
10.3%
top 6.80%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Videolan VLC Media Player
Timeline
PublishedJan 25
Latest updateMay 3

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 arbitrary code via a crafted CDG video.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:C/I:C/A:CExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 10.0

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Debianvideolan/vlc_media_player< 1.1.3-1squeeze2+3

Patches

Patch: download.videolan.org ↗Patch: openwall.com ↗Patch: download.videolan.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-62w2-x3mc-cwxp: Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in cdg↗2022-05-03
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CVEList
CVE-2011-0021: Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in cdg↗2011-01-25
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OSV
CVE-2011-0021: Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in cdg↗2011-01-25
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2011-0021: vlc - Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in cdg.c in the CDG decoder in VideoLAN VLC...↗2011
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2011-4295 CVE-2011-4296 moodle: multiple flaws in 2.x < 2.0.4 (MSA-11-0021, MSA-11-0022)↗2011-08-11
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