Skip to content
Fencer Intel
critical 9.3

CVE-2011-0021 json

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…

published 15y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2011-0047

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.8%
EPSS 5.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • vlc Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.1.3-1squeeze2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2011-0021

Is CVE-2011-0021 in your stack? Fencer shows which of your repositories are affected as soon as an advisory lands, and opens the fix as a pull request.

Check with Fencer

Exploit prediction

5.83% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.