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critical 9.3

CVE-2011-2194 json

Integer overflow in the XSPF playlist parser in VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.5 through 1.1.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of…

published 2011-06-24 15 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2011-2185

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
9.2%
EPSS 9.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Integer overflow in the XSPF playlist parser in VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.5 through 1.1.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors that trigger a heap-based buffer overflow.

Patch / fix

  • vlc Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.1.10-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2011-2194

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-17372)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

9.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-17372 VideoLAN VLC Media Player 1.1.9 - XSPF Playlist Local File Integer Overflow dos, 2011-06-08

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

References

Sources

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