| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
| vlc media player | = 1.1.0= 1.1.1= 1.1.2= 1.1.3= 1.1.4= 1.1.5= 1.1.6 |
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.
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