CVE-2011-2588 — 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 Buffer5 documents5 sources
Severity
6.8MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
3.0%
top 13.40%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Videolan VLC Media Player
Timeline
PublishedJul 27
Latest updateMay 17

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the AVI_ChunkRead_strf function in libavi.c in the AVI demuxer in VideoLAN VLC media player before 1.1.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted AVI media file.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:P/I:P/A:PExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 6.4

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Debianvideolan/vlc_media_player< 1.1.11-1+3
▶NVDvideolan/vlc_media_player1.1.10.1+73

Patches

Patch: www.videolan.org ↗Patch: www.videolan.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-8vhx-fvcj-mfx3: Heap-based buffer overflow in the AVI_ChunkRead_strf function in libavi↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2011-2588: Heap-based buffer overflow in the AVI_ChunkRead_strf function in libavi↗2011-07-27
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CVEList
CVE-2011-2588: Heap-based buffer overflow in the AVI_ChunkRead_strf function in libavi↗2011-07-27
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2011-2588: vlc - Heap-based buffer overflow in the AVI_ChunkRead_strf function in libavi.c in the...↗2011
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CVE-2011-2588 — Videolan VLC Media Player vulnerability | cvebase