Buffer overflow in VLC Media Player - CVE-2013-4388
Published: October 12, 2013 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32596
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4388
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
Buffer overflow in the mp4a packetizer (modules/packetizer/mpeg4audio.c) in VideoLAN VLC Media Player before 2.0.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
Affected software
VLC Media Player
vlc (Alpine package)
vlc (Alpine package)
How to mitigate CVE-2013-4388
Install update from vendor's website.
VLC Media Player - update to 2.0.8
vlc (Alpine package) - update to 2.0.8-r0
vlc (Alpine package) - update to 2.0.8-r0
External References
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git;a=commitdiff;h=9794ec1cd268c04c8bca13a5fae15df6594dff3e
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59793
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/01/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62724
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029120
- http://www.videolan.org/developers/vlc-branch/NEWS
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18086