CVE-2011-2588
N/A
Published: July 27, 2011 at 01:29 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:31 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorVLC media player
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the AVI_ChunkRead_strf function in libavi.c in the AVI demuxer in VideoLAN VLC media player before 1.1.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted AVI media file.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 1.1.10.10.1.99b0.1.99e0.1.99f0.1.99g0.1.99h0.1.99i0.2.00.2.600.2.610.2.620.2.630.2.700.2.710.2.720.2.730.2.800.2.810.2.820.2.830.2.900.2.910.2.920.3.00.3.10.4.00.4.10.4.20.4.30.4.40.4.50.4.60.5.00.5.10.5.20.5.30.6.00.6.10.6.20.7.00.7.20.8.00.8.10.8.20.8.40.8.50.8.60.9.100.9.20.9.30.9.40.9.50.9.60.9.8a0.9.91.0.01.0.11.0.21.0.31.0.41.0.51.0.61.1.01.1.11.1.101.1.21.1.31.1.41.1.51.1.61.1.6.11.1.71.1.81.1.9
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (6)
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9c14964bd11482d5c1d6c0e223440f9f1e5b1831Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/45066x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.videolan.org/security/sa1106.htmlVDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68532VDB EntrySignaturex_refsource_OVAL
Source: [email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14858Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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