CVE-2013-6933 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Streaming Media
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
3.4%
top 12.65%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJan 23
Latest updateMay 13
Description
The parseRTSPRequestString function in Live Networks Live555 Streaming Media 2011.08.13 through 2013.11.25, as used in VideoLAN VLC Media Player, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a (1) space or (2) tab character at the beginning of an RTSP message, which triggers an integer underflow, infinite loop, and buffer overflow.
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/C:P/I:P/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 6.4
Affected Packages3 packages
🔴Vulnerability Details
3GHSA▶
GHSA-vcpq-3936-w8vf: The parseRTSPRequestString function in Live Networks Live555 Streaming Media 2011↗2022-05-13
OSV▶
CVE-2013-6933: The parseRTSPRequestString function in Live Networks Live555 Streaming Media 2011↗2014-01-23
CVEList▶
CVE-2013-6933: The parseRTSPRequestString function in Live Networks Live555 Streaming Media 2011↗2014-01-23
📋Vendor Advisories
1Debian▶
CVE-2013-6933: mplayer - The parseRTSPRequestString function in Live Networks Live555 Streaming Media 201...↗2013