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.
Published: 2014-01-23
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 4.0% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2013-6735 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.
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Live555 Streaming Media
Videolan Vlc Media Player
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T17:53:45.351Z

Reserved: 2013-12-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2013-6934

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Status : Modified

Published: 2014-01-23T21:55:04.947

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2013-6934

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