CVE-2011-2588

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 2
Modified
Published: 27 Jul 2011, 01:29
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 23:08

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
28/100
CVSS Score
6.8 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
3.01% LOW
3% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

27 Jul 2011, 01:29
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 23:08
Last Modified
Vulnerability 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

  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 3.01%• Percentile: 87%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-119•Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

    The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

Affected Systems

  • videolan•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

References (6)