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title: "CVE-2011-3623\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2011-3623

Publication date 26 December 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## 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.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-3623?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| vlc | 11.10 oneiric | Not affected |
| 11.04 natty | Not affected |
| 10.10 maverick | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |

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## Notes

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### [tyhicks](https://launchpad.net/~tyhicks)

1.0.1 down to 0.5.0

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-3623)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3623)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2011-3623)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-3623)

### Other references

* <http://www.videolan.org/security/sa0901.html>
* <http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2011/q4/59>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-3623>