CVE-2011-0021

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-01-25 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

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.

Affected products

VideoLAN VLC: through 1.1.5; 0.1.99b, 0.1.99e, 0.1.99f, 0.1.99g, 0.1.99h, 0.1.99i (+60)

References

http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/1.1.6/vlc-1.1.6.tar.bz2
http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f9b664eac0e1a7bceed9d7b5854fd9fc351b4aab
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/19/6
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/20/3
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45927
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0185
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64879
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12460
http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/1.1.6/vlc-1.1.6.tar.bz2
http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f9b664eac0e1a7bceed9d7b5854fd9fc351b4aab
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/19/6
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/20/3

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