CVE-2011-0531
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…
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- redhat
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Metasploit modules1 module
- VideoLAN VLC MKV Memory Corruption (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/fileformat/vlc_webmRank gooddisclosed 31 Jan 2011
Exploit-DB1 entry
- VideoLAN VLC Media Player 1.1.6 - 'MKV' Memory Corruption (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16637local, windowspublished 8 Feb 2011Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 18 days later
· 18 days later
Published
- 14 years later
· 14 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 41.9% · top 1.3% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (13)
- 70698 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0363 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 43242 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12415 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- DSA-2159 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://www.videolan.org/security/sa1102.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- vlc-mkv-code-execution(65045) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 43131 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110131 CVE request: code execution in VLC media player (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 1025018 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 46060 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=59491dcedffbf97612d2c572943b56ee4289dd07 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110131 Re: CVE request: code execution in VLC media player (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2011-0550 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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