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DEBIAN-CVE-2013-3245

DEBIAN-CVE-2013-3245 PUBLISHED CVSS 6.300000190734863 MEDIUM

plugins/demux/libmkv_plugin.dll in VideoLAN VLC Media Player 2.0.7, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted MKV file, possibly involving an integer overflow and out-of-bounds read or heap-based buffer overflow, or an uncaught exception. NOTE: the vendor disputes the severity and claimed vulnerability type of this issue, stating "This PoC crashes VLC, indeed, but does nothing more... this is not an integer overflow error, but an uncaught exception and I doubt that it is exploitable. This uncaught exception makes VLC abort, not execute random code, on my Linux 64bits machine." A PoC posted by the original researcher shows signs of an attacker-controlled out-of-bounds read, but the affected instruction does not involve a register that directly influences control flow

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
6.300000190734863
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:13vlc0, 0, 0
Debian:14vlc0, 0, 0
Debian:12vlc0, 0, 0
Debian:11vlc0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Jul 10, 2013 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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