PT-2013-1319 · Videolan · Vlc Media Player

Laurent Butti · Published 2013-08-09 · Updated 2017-09-19 · CVE-2013-4388

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions VLC Media Player versions prior to 2.0.8

Description The issue is related to a buffer overflow in the mp4a packetizer, which can be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. The buffer overflow occurs in the dynamic memory of the mp4a packetizer.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.0.8, update to version 2.0.8 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the mp4a packetizer function until a patch is available. Restrict access to the vulnerable module to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2019-03978

CVE-2013-4388

DSA-2973-1

MGASA-2014-0296

Affected Products

Vlc Media Player

References · 27

• 🔥 http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git;a=commitdiff;h=9794ec1cd268c04c8bca13a5fae15df6594dff3e · Exploit
• https://debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2973.ru.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4388 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4388 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2014-0296 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4388 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wiki.astralinux.ru/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=44892734 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-4388 · Vendor Advisory
• https://debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2973 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0296.html · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-03978 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4388 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4388 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4388 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/59793 · Note