CVE-2011-2587

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-07-27 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the DemuxAudioSipr function in real.c in the RealMedia demuxer in VideoLAN VLC media player 1.1.x before 1.1.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Real Media file.

Affected products

VideoLAN VLC: 1.1.0, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3, 1.1.4, 1.1.4.1 (+8)

References

http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1bce40644cddee93b4b1877a94a6ce345f32852c
http://secunia.com/advisories/45066
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48664
http://www.videolan.org/security/sa1105.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68531
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14851
http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1bce40644cddee93b4b1877a94a6ce345f32852c
http://secunia.com/advisories/45066
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48664
http://www.videolan.org/security/sa1105.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68531
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14851

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