Back
CVE-2011-0021
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…
High9.3EPSS 5.8%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
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.
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)
- 5.8% · top 6.8% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
Loading the EPSS history…
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 (8)
- vlcmediaplayer-cdg-code-execution(64879) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12460 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0185 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110120 Re: CVE request: heap corruption in VLC media player (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110119 CVE request: heap corruption in VLC media player (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 45927 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/1.1.6/vlc-1.1.6.tar.bz2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f9b664eac0e1a7bceed9d7b5854fd9fc351b4aab (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Badge for a README or a ticket
[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2011-0021)Record last updated .