CVE-2011-0021
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 5.8%EU EUVD
Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in cdg.c in the CDG decoder in VideoLAN VLC Media Player before 1.1.6 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted CDG video.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 5.8% (93th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-0047)
- Published
- January 25, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-0047 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- videolan / vlc media player
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References
- http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/1.1.6/vlc-1.1.6.tar.bz2(Patch)
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f9b664eac0e1a7bceed9d7b5854fd9fc351b4aab
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/19/6
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/20/3(Patch)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45927
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0185(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64879
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12460
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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