PT-2013-5987 · Videolan · Vlc Media Player

Published 2013-10-25 · Updated 2017-09-19 · CVE-2013-6283

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions VideoLAN VLC Media Player versions 2.0.8 and earlier

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, potentially leading to a crash, and may also enable the execution of arbitrary code. This can be achieved by including a long string in a URL within a m3u file.

Recommendations For versions 2.0.8 and earlier, consider updating to a newer version to mitigate the risk, or as a temporary workaround, restrict the handling of long strings in URLs within m3u files to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2013-6283

Affected Products

Vlc Media Player

References · 9

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/27700 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://exploit-db.com/exploits/27700 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2013-6283 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-6283 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-6283 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6283 · Security Note
• http://osvdb.org/96603 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19318 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-6283 · Note