CVE-2011-0531 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in the MKV demuxer plugin of VideoLAN VLC media player versions 1.1.6.1 and earlier. Attackers can exploit this by crafting a malicious MKV (WebM or Matroska) file, leading to a denial of service (crash) and potentially arbitrary code execution. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring no authentication and having complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in KEV, a Metasploit module and ExploitDB entry exist, indicating readily available exploit code, despite minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.1.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.1.99bCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:0.1.99b:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.1.99eCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:0.1.99e:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.1.99fCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:0.1.99f:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.1.99gCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:0.1.99g:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.