Numeric Errors The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package vlc  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN10-VLC-606980
  • published19 Aug 2020
  • disclosed23 Jan 2014

Introduced: 23 Jan 2014

CVE-2013-6934  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-189  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Debian security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Debian:10.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream vlc package and not the vlc package as distributed by Debian.

The parseRTSPRequestString function in Live Networks Live555 Streaming Media 2013.11.26, as used in VideoLAN VLC Media Player, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a space character at the beginning of an RTSP message, which triggers an integer underflow, infinite loop, and buffer overflow. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-6933.