CVE-2011-1684
N/A
Published: May 3, 2011 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:29 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorVLC media player
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (14)
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5637ca8141bf39f263ecdb62035d2cb45c740821Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/11/17Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/13/14Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/13/17Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/43890Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/44022Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2218Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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