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CVE-2013-6934 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://isecpartners.github.io/fuzzing/vulnerabilities/2013/12/30/vlc-vulnerability.html	CVE	ExploitThird Party Advisory
http://www.live555.com/liveMedia/public/changelog.txt	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65139	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://isecpartners.github.io/fuzzing/vulnerabilities/2013/12/30/vlc-vulnerability.html	[email protected]	ExploitThird Party Advisory
http://www.live555.com/liveMedia/public/changelog.txt	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65139	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

see all 6 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-189	Numeric Errors	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
live555 streaming media	2013-11-26
CPE cpe:2.3:a:live555:streaming_media:2013-11-26:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
videolan vlc media player	< 2.1.0
CPE cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 12, 2019	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Oct 17, 2018	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Dec 31, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 24, 2014	Initial Analysis	[email protected]