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CVE-2011-2194

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 9.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2011-06-24 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-189

Description

Integer overflow in the XSPF playlist parser in VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.5 through 1.1.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors that trigger a heap-based buffer overflow.

Affected products

• VideoLAN VLC: 0.8.5, 0.8.6, 0.8.6a, 0.8.6b, 0.8.6c, 0.8.6d (+34)

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/44892
• http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2257
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48171
• http://www.videolan.org/security/sa1104.html
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14774
• http://secunia.com/advisories/44892
• http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2257
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48171
• http://www.videolan.org/security/sa1104.html
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14774

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