{"id":"CVE-2011-3623","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2011-3623","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:49:30.131Z","title":"Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in VideoLAN VLC media player before 1.0.2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a crafted ASF file, related to the ASF_ObjectDumpDebug function in modules/demux/asf/libasf.c; (2) a crafted AVI…","description":"Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in VideoLAN VLC media player before 1.0.2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a crafted ASF file, related to the ASF_ObjectDumpDebug function in modules/demux/asf/libasf.c; (2) a crafted AVI file, related to the AVI_ChunkDumpDebug_level function in modules/demux/avi/libavi.c; or (3) a crafted MP4 file, related to the __MP4_BoxDumpStructure function in modules/demux/mp4/libmp4.c.","published":"2014-12-26T20:59:08.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:33:39.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["videolan/vlc media player"],"epss":{"score":0.04335,"percentile":0.91131,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.33%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=861e374d03e6c60c7d3c98428c632fe3b9e371b2","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c5b02d011b8c634d041167f4d2936b55eca4d18d","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=dfe7084e8cc64e9b7a87cd37065b59cba2064823","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/18/10","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.videolan.org/security/sa0901.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=285370","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=861e374d03e6c60c7d3c98428c632fe3b9e371b2","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c5b02d011b8c634d041167f4d2936b55eca4d18d","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=dfe7084e8cc64e9b7a87cd37065b59cba2064823","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/18/10","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.videolan.org/security/sa0901.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=285370","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3623","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}