CVE-2011-1574

medium
Published 2011-05-09 ยท Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
7.8

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the ReadS3M method in load_s3m.cpp in libmodplug before 0.8.8.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted S3M file.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-17252 remote windows verified
Metasploit ยท 2011-04-08

VideoLAN VLC Media Player 1.1.8 - ModPlug ReadS3M Stack Buffer Overflow (Metasploit)

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Metasploit modules

VideoLAN VLC ModPlug ReadS3M Stack Buffer Overflow
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OS impact

debian Debian Fixed 5 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
trixie Fixed 1:0.8.8.2-1
sid Fixed 1:0.8.8.2-1
forky Fixed 1:0.8.8.2-1
bullseye Fixed 1:0.8.8.2-1
bookworm Fixed 1:0.8.8.2-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
konstanty_bialkowskilibmodplug{"endIncluding":"0.8.8.1"}
konstanty_bialkowskilibmodplug0.8
konstanty_bialkowskilibmodplug0.8.4
konstanty_bialkowskilibmodplug0.8.5
konstanty_bialkowskilibmodplug0.8.6
konstanty_bialkowskilibmodplug0.8.7
konstanty_bialkowskilibmodplug0.8.8

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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