CVE-2011-1087
HIGH · CVSS 7.6EPSS 8.1%EU EUVD
Buffer overflow in VideoLAN VLC media player 1.0.5 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted .mp3 file that is played during bookmark creation.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 8.1% (95th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-1102)
- Published
- May 3, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-1102 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- videolan / vlc media player
References
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/02/3
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/03/8
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/03/9
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/28/7
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38853(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.osvdb.org/62728
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38569(Exploit)
- http://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2010-4931.php(Exploit)
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14532
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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