CVE-2011-0522

6.8

MEDIUM

VLC Media Player HTML Injection Vulnerability

Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 7, 2011, 9 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 11, 2025, 12:51 a.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.4

Exploitability Score :

8.6 Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2011-0522 has a 8 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2011-0522 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID	Vendor	Product	Action
1	Videolan	vlc_media_player

: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 1

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2011-0522.

URL	Resource
http://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi?p=vlc/vlc-1.1.git%3Ba=tag%3Bh=bb16813ddb61a53113c71bccc525559405785452
http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-devel/2011-January/078607.html	Patch
http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-devel/2011-January/078614.html
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8064
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16108	Exploit
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/7	Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/9	Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46008	Exploit
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0225	Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65029
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12414
http://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi?p=vlc/vlc-1.1.git%3Ba=tag%3Bh=bb16813ddb61a53113c71bccc525559405785452
http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-devel/2011-January/078607.html	Patch
http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-devel/2011-January/078614.html
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8064
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16108	Exploit
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/7	Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/9	Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46008	Exploit
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0225	Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65029
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12414

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

vnc0/radamsa-ios

The Radamsa general-purpose fuzzer cross-compiled for iOS

Makefile Shell

Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher

Born at : Jan. 19, 2025, 2:42 p.m. This repo has been linked 90 different CVEs too.

nqwang/radamsa

None

Makefile Shell Scheme

Updated: 2 years, 4 months ago

0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher

Born at : Nov. 21, 2022, 2:06 a.m. This repo has been linked 90 different CVEs too.

sambacha/mirror-radamsa

None

Makefile Shell Scheme

Updated: 2 years, 7 months ago

0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher

Born at : Aug. 28, 2022, 7:18 a.m. This repo has been linked 90 different CVEs too.

g60ocR/radamsa

None

Makefile Shell C Scheme

Updated: 2 years, 11 months ago

0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher

Born at : May 12, 2022, 8:48 a.m. This repo has been linked 90 different CVEs too.

sunzu94/radamsa-Fuzzer

None

Makefile Shell C Scheme

Updated: 4 months, 3 weeks ago

1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher

Born at : Dec. 12, 2020, 6:53 p.m. This repo has been linked 90 different CVEs too.

StephenHaruna/RADAMSA

None

Makefile Shell Scheme

Updated: 4 years, 9 months ago

1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher

Born at : May 25, 2020, 4:44 p.m. This repo has been linked 90 different CVEs too.

benoit-a/radamsa

None

Makefile Shell Scheme

Updated: 5 years, 4 months ago

0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher

Born at : Dec. 12, 2019, 7:25 p.m. This repo has been linked 90 different CVEs too.

Hwangtaewon/radamsa

None

Makefile Shell Scheme

Updated: 3 months, 3 weeks ago

5 stars 5 fork 5 watcher

Born at : March 30, 2019, 10:47 a.m. This repo has been linked 89 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2011-0522 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2011-0522 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Nov. 21, 2024

Action	Type	New Value
Added	Reference	http://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi?p=vlc/vlc-1.1.git%3Ba=tag%3Bh=bb16813ddb61a53113c71bccc525559405785452
Added	Reference	http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-devel/2011-January/078607.html
Added	Reference	http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-devel/2011-January/078614.html
Added	Reference	http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8064
Added	Reference	http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16108
Added	Reference	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/7
Added	Reference	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/9
Added	Reference	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46008
Added	Reference	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0225
Added	Reference	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65029
Added	Reference	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12414

CVE Modified by [email protected]

May. 14, 2024

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value

CVE Modified by [email protected]

Nov. 07, 2023

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	Reference		Red Hat, Inc. http://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi?p=vlc/vlc-1.1.git%3Ba=tag%3Bh=bb16813ddb61a53113c71bccc525559405785452 [No types assigned]
Removed	Reference	Red Hat, Inc. http://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi?p=vlc/vlc-1.1.git;a=tag;h=bb16813ddb61a53113c71bccc525559405785452

CVE Modified by [email protected]

Sep. 19, 2017

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Removed	Reference	http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12414 [No Types Assigned]
Added	Reference		https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12414 [No Types Assigned]

CVE Modified by [email protected]

Aug. 17, 2017

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Removed	Reference	http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/65029 [No Types Assigned]
Added	Reference		https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65029 [No Types Assigned]

Initial Analysis by [email protected]

Feb. 08, 2011

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.

CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2011-0522 is associated with the following CWEs:

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2011-0522 weaknesses.

CAPEC-8: Buffer Overflow in an API Call Buffer Overflow in an API Call CAPEC-9: Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities CAPEC-10: Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables CAPEC-14: Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow CAPEC-24: Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow CAPEC-42: MIME Conversion MIME Conversion CAPEC-44: Overflow Binary Resource File Overflow Binary Resource File CAPEC-45: Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links CAPEC-46: Overflow Variables and Tags Overflow Variables and Tags CAPEC-47: Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion CAPEC-100: Overflow Buffers Overflow Buffers CAPEC-123: Buffer Manipulation Buffer Manipulation

CVE-2011-0522

VLC Media Player HTML Injection Vulnerability

Description

INFO

Feb. 7, 2011, 9 p.m.

April 11, 2025, 12:51 a.m.

Yes !

6.4

8.6

Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

Affected Products

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

CVE Modified by [email protected]

CVE Modified by [email protected]

CVE Modified by [email protected]

CVE Modified by [email protected]

Initial Analysis by [email protected]

CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Exploit Prediction

84.82 }} 26.98%

0.99298

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System

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