{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2011-0522","details":"The StripTags function in (1) the USF decoder (modules/codec/subtitles/subsdec.c) and (2) the Text decoder (modules/codec/subtitles/subsusf.c) in VideoLAN VLC Media Player 1.1 before 1.1.6-rc allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a subtitle with an opening \"\u003c\" without a closing \"\u003e\" in an MKV file, which triggers heap memory corruption, as demonstrated using refined-australia-blu720p-sample.mkv.","modified":"2026-09-14T06:47:22.351123746Z","published":"2011-02-07T21:00:15.477Z","upstream":["CVE-2011-0522"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-0522"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"vlc","ecosystem":"Debian:12","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/vlc?arch=source&distro=bookworm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.1.3-1squeeze2"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-0522.json"}},{"package":{"name":"vlc","ecosystem":"Debian:13","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/vlc?arch=source&distro=trixie"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.1.3-1squeeze2"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-0522.json"}},{"package":{"name":"vlc","ecosystem":"Debian:14","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/vlc?arch=source&distro=forky"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.1.3-1squeeze2"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-0522.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}