CVE-2011-0531
N/A
Published: February 7, 2011 at 08:19 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:27 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorVLC media player
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 42%
Description
demux/mkv/mkv.hpp in the MKV demuxer plugin in VideoLAN VLC media player 1.1.6.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and execute arbitrary commands via a crafted MKV (WebM or Matroska) file that triggers memory corruption, related to "class mismatching" and the MKV_IS_ID macro.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 1.1.6.10.1.99b0.1.99e0.1.99f0.1.99g0.1.99h0.1.99i0.2.00.2.600.2.610.2.620.2.630.2.700.2.710.2.720.2.730.2.800.2.810.2.820.2.830.2.900.2.910.2.920.3.00.3.10.4.00.4.10.4.20.4.30.4.40.4.50.4.60.5.00.5.10.5.20.5.30.6.00.6.10.6.20.7.00.7.20.8.00.8.10.8.20.8.40.8.50.8.60.9.100.9.20.9.30.9.40.9.50.9.60.9.8a0.9.91.0.01.0.11.0.21.0.31.0.41.0.51.0.61.1.01.1.11.1.21.1.31.1.41.1.51.1.6
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (13)
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=59491dcedffbf97612d2c572943b56ee4289dd07Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/43131Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2159Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/31/4Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/31/8Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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