CVE-2011-1684

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-05-03 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the MP4_ReadBox_skcr function in libmp4.c in the MP4 demultiplexer in VideoLAN VLC media player 1.x before 1.1.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted MP4 file.

Affected products

VideoLAN VLC: 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4, 1.0.5 (+11)

References

http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5637ca8141bf39f263ecdb62035d2cb45c740821
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/11/17
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/13/14
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/13/17
http://secunia.com/advisories/43890
http://secunia.com/advisories/44022
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025373
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2218
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47293
http://www.videolan.org/security/sa1103.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0916
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0954

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