Vulnerability in Videolan Vlc Media Player
CVE-2011-2194
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.
EPSS: 0.092 (94.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Videolan Vlc_media_player — versions 0.8.5, 0.8.6, 0.8.6a
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
- secalert@redhat.com (signature, x_refsource_OVAL, vdb-entry)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2011-2194?
- CVE-2011-2194 is a vulnerability in Videolan Vlc Media Player, classified under CWE-189. Published 2011-06-24.
- Is CVE-2011-2194 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.