CVE-2011-0531

Publication date 7 February 2011

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

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.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
vlc	11.04 natty	Not affected
	10.10 maverick	Fixed 1.1.4-1ubuntu1.4
	10.04 LTS lucid	Fixed 1.0.6-1ubuntu1.5
	9.10 karmic	Ignored
	8.04 LTS hardy	Ignored
	6.06 LTS dapper	Ignored

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
vlc	Other: http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git;a=commit;h=59491dcedffbf97612d2c572943b56ee4289dd07 Debdiff: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vlc/+bug/714089

References

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-0531