CVE-2011-2588

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-2588
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerflexera
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-07-27 02:55:02 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionHeap-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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
VLC Media Player Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
VideoLAN - VideoLAN Security Advisory 1106 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.videolan.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
VLC Media Player '.RM' and '.AVI' Files Multiple Remote Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
git.videolan.org Git - vlc.git/commit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.videolan.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
git.videolan.org Git - vlc.git/commit MITRE git.videolan.org
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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