CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
Percentile
98.4%
The StripTags function in (1) the USF decoder (modules/codec/subtitles/subsdec.c) and (2) the Text decoder (modules/codec/subtitles/subsusf.c) in VideoLAN VLC Media Player 1.1 before 1.1.6-rc allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a subtitle with an opening “<” without a closing “>” in an MKV file, which triggers heap memory corruption, as demonstrated using refined-australia-blu720p-sample.mkv.
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Debian | 12 | all | vlc | < 1.1.3-1squeeze2 | vlc_1.1.3-1squeeze2_all.deb |
Debian | 11 | all | vlc | < 1.1.3-1squeeze2 | vlc_1.1.3-1squeeze2_all.deb |
Debian | 999 | all | vlc | < 1.1.3-1squeeze2 | vlc_1.1.3-1squeeze2_all.deb |
Debian | 13 | all | vlc | < 1.1.3-1squeeze2 | vlc_1.1.3-1squeeze2_all.deb |