CVE-2011-0531

Published: Feb 7, 2011Modified: Apr 29, 2026

9.3

Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability: 8.6 / Impact: 10.0

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (69)

Products: Videolan: Vlc Media Player

Videolan

1 product

Vlc Media Player

Configuration A

69 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Videolan Vlc Media Player	Up to 1.1.6.1
Videolan Vlc Media Player	Version 0.1.99b
Videolan Vlc Media Player	Version 0.1.99e
Videolan Vlc Media Player	Version 0.1.99f
Videolan Vlc Media Player	Version 0.1.99g
Videolan Vlc Media Player	Version 0.1.99h
Videolan Vlc Media Player	Version 0.1.99i
Videolan Vlc Media Player	Version 0.2.0
Videolan Vlc Media Player	Version 0.2.60
Videolan Vlc Media Player	Version 0.2.61
Videolan Vlc Media Player	Version 0.2.62
Videolan Vlc Media Player	Version 0.2.63
Videolan Vlc Media Player	Version 0.2.70
Videolan Vlc Media Player	Version 0.2.71
Videolan Vlc Media Player	Version 0.2.72
Videolan Vlc Media Player	Version 0.2.73
Videolan Vlc Media Player	Version 0.2.80
Videolan Vlc Media Player	Version 0.2.81
Videolan Vlc Media Player	Version 0.2.82
Videolan Vlc Media Player	Version 0.2.83
Videolan Vlc Media Player	Version 0.2.90
Videolan Vlc Media Player	Version 0.2.91
Videolan Vlc Media Player	Version 0.2.92
Videolan Vlc Media Player	Version 0.3.0
Videolan Vlc Media Player	Version 0.3.1
Videolan Vlc Media Player	Version 0.4.0
Videolan Vlc Media Player	Version 0.4.1
Videolan Vlc Media Player	Version 0.4.2
Videolan Vlc Media Player	Version 0.4.3
Videolan Vlc Media Player	Version 0.4.4
Videolan Vlc Media Player	Version 0.4.5
Videolan Vlc Media Player	Version 0.4.6
Videolan Vlc Media Player	Version 0.5.0
Videolan Vlc Media Player	Version 0.5.1
Videolan Vlc Media Player	Version 0.5.2
Videolan Vlc Media Player	Version 0.5.3
Videolan Vlc Media Player	Version 0.6.0
Videolan Vlc Media Player	Version 0.6.1
Videolan Vlc Media Player	Version 0.6.2
Videolan Vlc Media Player	Version 0.7.0
Videolan Vlc Media Player	Version 0.7.2
Videolan Vlc Media Player	Version 0.8.0
Videolan Vlc Media Player	Version 0.8.1
Videolan Vlc Media Player	Version 0.8.2
Videolan Vlc Media Player	Version 0.8.4
Videolan Vlc Media Player	Version 0.8.5
Videolan Vlc Media Player	Version 0.8.6
Videolan Vlc Media Player	Version 0.9.10
Videolan Vlc Media Player	Version 0.9.2
Videolan Vlc Media Player	Version 0.9.3
Videolan Vlc Media Player	Version 0.9.4
Videolan Vlc Media Player	Version 0.9.5
Videolan Vlc Media Player	Version 0.9.6
Videolan Vlc Media Player	Version 0.9.8a
Videolan Vlc Media Player	Version 0.9.9
Videolan Vlc Media Player	Version 1.0.0
Videolan Vlc Media Player	Version 1.0.1
Videolan Vlc Media Player	Version 1.0.2
Videolan Vlc Media Player	Version 1.0.3
Videolan Vlc Media Player	Version 1.0.4
Videolan Vlc Media Player	Version 1.0.5
Videolan Vlc Media Player	Version 1.0.6
Videolan Vlc Media Player	Version 1.1.0
Videolan Vlc Media Player	Version 1.1.1
Videolan Vlc Media Player	Version 1.1.2
Videolan Vlc Media Player	Version 1.1.3
Videolan Vlc Media Player	Version 1.1.4
Videolan Vlc Media Player	Version 1.1.5
Videolan Vlc Media Player	Version 1.1.6