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.