CVE-2013-3245Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in VLC Media Player

Severity
6.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
1.9%
top 16.90%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJul 10
Latest updateMay 17

Description

plugins/demux/libmkv_plugin.dll in VideoLAN VLC Media Player 2.0.7, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted MKV file, possibly involving an integer overflow and out-of-bounds read or heap-based buffer overflow, or an uncaught exception. NOTE: the vendor disputes the severity and claimed vulnerability type of this issue, stating "This PoC crashes VLC, indeed, but does nothing more... this is not an

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:LExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.4

Affected Packages2 packages

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-h6w8-g5hj-f5pr: ** DISPUTED ** plugins/demux/libmkv_plugin2022-05-17
CVEList
CVE-2013-3245: plugins/demux/libmkv_plugin2013-07-10
OSV
CVE-2013-3245: plugins/demux/libmkv_plugin2013-07-10

📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2013-3245: vlc - plugins/demux/libmkv_plugin.dll in VideoLAN VLC Media Player 2.0.7, and possibly...2013
CVE-2013-3245 — Videolan VLC Media Player vulnerability | cvebase