CVE-2013-6933

Published Jan 23, 2014

Last updated 5 years ago

Overview

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.
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Analyzed

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
7.5
Impact score
6.4
Exploitability score
10
Vector string
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-119

Social media

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