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.

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.

Published 2011-06-24 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.092 (95.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 95th percentile — 95.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.092 · newest: 0.092 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Videolan Vlc Media Player — versions 0.8.5, 0.8.6, 0.8.6a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-189

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2257 (vendor-advisory)
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14774 (signature, vdb-entry)
secunia.com/advisories/44892 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/48171 (vdb-entry)
www.videolan.org/security/sa1104.html (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.