{"cve":"CVE-2011-0522","nvd":{"published":"2011-02-07T21:00:15.477","modified":"2026-06-16T23:27:33.380","status":"Modified","description":"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 \"<\" without a closing \">\" in an MKV file, which triggers heap memory corruption, as demonstrated using refined-australia-blu720p-sample.mkv.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-119"],"references":["http://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi?p=vlc/vlc-1.1.git%3Ba=tag%3Bh=bb16813ddb61a53113c71bccc525559405785452","http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-devel/2011-January/078607.html","http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-devel/2011-January/078614.html","http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8064","http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16108"],"products":["videolan:vlc_media_player"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:57:56.749847046+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2011-0522","score":0.51538,"percentile":0.98944,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}