CVE-2011-2588 Information

Description

Heap-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.

Reference

http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git;a=commit;h=9c14964bd11482d5c1d6c0e223440f9f1e5b1831 http://secunia.com/advisories/45066 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48664 http://www.videolan.org/security/sa1106.html https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68532 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A14858