Medium severity · published Jul 10, 2013
CVE-2013-3245
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…
6.3
CVSS
2.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.9% · higher than 87% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
VM
Vlc Media Player · Videolan
2.0.7 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-3245
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-3245
Exploit
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Jul/71
seclists.org
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Jul/77
seclists.org
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Jul/79
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/52956
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/blog/372/
www.jbkempf.com
http://www.jbkempf.com/blog/post/2013/More-lies-from-Secunia
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