VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2011-0531

CVSS score9.3 HIGH
EPSS probability41.85%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2011-02-07
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Primary references