Description
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.
Published: 2011-02-07
Score: 6.8 Medium
EPSS: 66.2% High
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Videolan Vlc Media Player
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T21:58:24.552Z

Reserved: 2011-01-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-0522

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2011-02-07T21:00:15.477

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2011-0522

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