CVE-2013-6283

published 2013-10-25

CVE-2013-6283: VideoLAN VLC Media Player 2.0.8 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string…

Priority P3 48 high 7.5 CVSS 2.0

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

EXPLOIT

VideoLAN VLC Media Player 2.0.8 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string in a URL in a m3u file.

Affected

38 ranges · showing 25

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	vlc	< vlc 2.1.0-2 (bookworm)	vlc 2.1.0-2 (bookworm)
videolan	vlc_media_player	<= 2.0.8	—
videolan	vlc_media_player	—	—
videolan	vlc_media_player	—	—
videolan	vlc_media_player	—	—
videolan	vlc_media_player	—	—
videolan	vlc_media_player	—	—
videolan	vlc_media_player	—	—
videolan	vlc_media_player	—	—
videolan	vlc_media_player	—	—
videolan	vlc_media_player	—	—
videolan	vlc_media_player	—	—
videolan	vlc_media_player	—	—
videolan	vlc_media_player	—	—
videolan	vlc_media_player	—	—
videolan	vlc_media_player	—	—
videolan	vlc_media_player	—	—
videolan	vlc_media_player	—	—
videolan	vlc_media_player	—	—
videolan	vlc_media_player	—	—
videolan	vlc_media_player	—	—
videolan	vlc_media_player	—	—
videolan	vlc_media_player	—	—
videolan	vlc_media_player	—	—
videolan	vlc_media_player	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvd v2.0 7.5 HIGH AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

osv 7.5 HIGH

vendor_debian 7.5 LOW

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