CVE-2011-0531
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 41.9%EU EUVD
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.
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-20
- EPSS score
- 41.9% (99th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-0550)
- Published
- February 7, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-0550 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://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=59491dcedffbf97612d2c572943b56ee4289dd07
- http://osvdb.org/70698
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43131(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43242
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2159
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/31/4(Patch)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/31/8(Patch)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46060
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025018
- http://www.videolan.org/security/sa1102.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0363
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65045
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12415
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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