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.
Published: 2011-02-07
Score: 9.3 Critical
EPSS: 73.2% High
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2159-1 vlc security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2211-1 vlc security update
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Videolan Vlc Media Player
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T21:58:25.230Z

Reserved: 2011-01-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-0531

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Status : Modified

Published: 2011-02-07T21:00:16.697

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2011-0531

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