CVE-2011-0531 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2011-0531

demux/mkv/mkv.hpp in the MKV demuxer plugin in VideoLAN VLC media...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

vlc media player
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 0.1.99b, 0.1.99e, 0.1.99f, 0.1.99g, 0.1.99h, 0.1.99i, 0.2.0, 0.2.60, 0.2.61, 0.2.62, 0.2.63, 0.2.70, 0.2.71, 0.2.72, 0.2.73, 0.2.80, 0.2.81, 0.2.82, 0.2.83, 0.2.90, 0.2.91, 0.2.92, 0.3.0, 0.3.1, 0.4.0, 0.4.1, 0.4.2, 0.4.3, 0.4.4, 0.4.5, 0.4.6, 0.5.0, 0.5.1, 0.5.2, 0.5.3, 0.6.0, 0.6.1, 0.6.2, 0.7.0, 0.7.2, 0.8.0, 0.8.1, 0.8.2, 0.8.4, 0.8.5, 0.8.6, 0.9.2, 0.9.3, 0.9.4, 0.9.5, 0.9.6, 0.9.8a, 0.9.9, 0.9.10, 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4, 1.0.5, 1.0.6, 1.1.0, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3, 1.1.4, 1.1.5, 1.1.6

Timeline

Official Publish: February 7th, 2011
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

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Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

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