CVE-2011-2588

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.8
Exploit probability—
ProductVideolan Vlc Media Player
PublishedJul 27, 2011
First seenJul 27, 2011

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
videolan vlc_media_playerv ≤ 1.1.10.1, 0.1.99b, 0.1.99e, 0.1.99f, 0.1.99g, 0.1.99h, 0.1.99i, 0.2.0, 0.2.60, 0.2.61, 0.2.62, 0.2.63, 0.2.70, 0.2.71, 0.2.72, 0.2.73, 0.2.80, 0.2.81, 0.2.82, 0.2.83, 0.2.90, 0.2.91, 0.2.92, 0.3.0, 0.3.1, 0.4.0, 0.4.1, 0.4.2, 0.4.3, 0.4.4, 0.4.5, 0.4.6, 0.5.0, 0.5.1, 0.5.2, 0.5.3, 0.6.0, 0.6.1, 0.6.2, 0.7.0, 0.7.2, 0.8.0, 0.8.1, 0.8.2, 0.8.4, 0.8.5, 0.8.6, 0.9.2, 0.9.3, 0.9.4, 0.9.5, 0.9.6, 0.9.8a, 0.9.9, 0.9.10, 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4, 1.0.5, 1.0.6, 1.1.0, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3, 1.1.4, 1.1.5, 1.1.6, 1.1.6.1, 1.1.7, 1.1.8, 1.1.9, 1.1.10—

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