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.
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2011-02-07T20:19:00

Updated: 2017-09-18T12:57:01

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


Link: CVE-2011-0522

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

Published: 2011-02-07T21:00:15.477

Modified: 2023-11-07T02:06:47.227


Link: CVE-2011-0522

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