CVE-2013-1868

critical
Published 2013-07-10 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
VIR risk
9.3

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in VideoLAN VLC media player 2.0.4 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and execute arbitrary code via vectors related to the (1) freetype renderer and (2) HTML subtitle parser.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed2.0.5-1
debian debianbullseyefixed2.0.5-1
debian debianforkyfixed2.0.5-1
debian debiansidfixed2.0.5-1
debian debiantrixiefixed2.0.5-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
videolanvlc_media_player{"endIncluding":"2.0.4"}
videolanvlc_media_player2.0.0
videolanvlc_media_player2.0.1
videolanvlc_media_player2.0.2
videolanvlc_media_player2.0.3

References

CWEs

CWE-119

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Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.