CVE-2011-2588: videolan vlc_media_player
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2011-2588 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability in videolan vlc_media_player. EPSS estimates a 3.69% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89.7% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 6.8, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1Timeline
- 27-07-2011PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
3.69%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
90%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 3.69% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Debian1 product
- vlc< 1.1.11-1
Videolan1 product
- vlc_media_player≤ 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
2 vendors · 2 products
References
7 links- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14858VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL
