HIGH
VideoLAN VLC Media Player 2.0.8 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string in a URL in a m3u file
Published Oct 25, 2013
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 9.98%
Description
VideoLAN VLC Media Player 2.0.8 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string in a URL in a m3u file.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- ≤ 2.0.8
- 1.0.0
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.2
- 1.0.3
- 1.0.4
- 1.0.5
- 1.0.6
- 1.1.0
- 1.1.1
- 1.1.2
- 1.1.3
- 1.1.4
- 1.1.4.1
- 1.1.5
- 1.1.6
- 1.1.6.1
- 1.1.7
- 1.1.8
- 1.1.9
- 1.1.10
- 1.1.10.1
- 1.1.11
- 1.1.12
- 1.1.13
- 2.0.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.2
- 2.0.3
- 2.0.4
- 2.0.5
- 2.0.6
- 2.0.7
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.5 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
9.98% 0.09980
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.09980
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 9.98% (0.09980) | 95.47th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 9.98% (0.09980) | 94.98th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 10.47% (0.10472) | 92.53th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 14.25% (0.14254) | 90.67th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 10.47% (0.10472) | 92.67th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 12.84% (0.12844) | 95.71th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 24, 2023 | 12.84% (0.12844) | 94.86th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 14.67% (0.14670) | 94.85th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 10.41% (0.10414) | 94.62th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 10.41% (0.10414) | 94.16th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 10.41% (0.10414) | 87.66th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (3)
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/27700 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
- http://www.osvdb.org/96603 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19318 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/27700 | exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/96603 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19318 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Oct 25, 2013
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Oct 25, 2013
Link CVE-2013-6283
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a