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CVE-2013-6283 json

VideoLAN VLC Media Player 2.0.8 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary cod…

published 13y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2013-6111

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
10.0%
EPSS 10.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • vlc Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.1.0-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2013-6283

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-27700)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

9.98% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-27700 VideoLAN VLC Media Player 2.0.8 - '.m3u' Local Crash (PoC) dos, 2013-08-19

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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