CVE-2011-0531 Information

Description

demux/mkv/mkv.hpp in the MKV demuxer plugin in VideoLAN VLC media player 1.1.6.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and execute arbitrary commands via a crafted MKV (WebM or Matroska) file that triggers memory corruption related to \class mismatching\ and the MKV_IS_ID macro.

Reference

http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git;a=commit;h=59491dcedffbf97612d2c572943b56ee4289dd07 http://osvdb.org/70698 http://secunia.com/advisories/43131 http://secunia.com/advisories/43242 http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2159 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/31/4 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/31/8 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46060 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025018 http://www.videolan.org/security/sa1102.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0363 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65045 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A12415