Public exploit available
Public proof-of-concept or exploit code exists (ExploitDB / Metasploit / Nuclei).

CVE-2013-1868 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in VLC Media Player

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer7 documents7 sources
Severity
9.3CRITICALNVD
EPSS
50.7%
top 2.14%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
PoC available
Public exploit / PoC exists
Affected products
1
Videolan VLC Media Player
Timeline
PublishedJul 10
Latest updateMay 17

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in VideoLAN VLC media player 2.0.4 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and execute arbitrary code via vectors related to the (1) freetype renderer and (2) HTML subtitle parser.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:C/I:C/A:CExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 10.0

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Debianvideolan/vlc_media_player< 2.0.5-1+3

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-cgh8-877w-m8q2: Multiple buffer overflows in VideoLAN VLC media player 2↗2022-05-17
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CVEList
CVE-2013-1868: Multiple buffer overflows in VideoLAN VLC media player 2↗2013-07-10
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OSV
CVE-2013-1868: Multiple buffer overflows in VideoLAN VLC media player 2↗2013-07-10
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💥Exploits & PoCs

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Exploit-DB
VideoLAN VLC Media Player 2.0.4 - '.swf' Crash (PoC)↗2012-12-07
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2013-1868: vlc - Multiple buffer overflows in VideoLAN VLC media player 2.0.4 and earlier allow r...↗2013
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2013-6424 xorg-x11-server: integer underflow when handling trapezoids↗2013-12-04
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CVE-2013-1868 — Videolan VLC Media Player vulnerability | cvebase