CVE-2011-0021 Information

Description

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in cdg.c in the CDG decoder in VideoLAN VLC Media Player before 1.1.6 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted CDG video.

Reference

http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/1.1.6/vlc-1.1.6.tar.bz2 http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git;a=commit;h=f9b664eac0e1a7bceed9d7b5854fd9fc351b4aab http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/19/6 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/20/3 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45927 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0185 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64879 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A12460