CVE-2013-1954

medium
Published 2013-07-10 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
VIR risk
6.8

Description

The ASF Demuxer (modules/demux/asf/asf.c) in VideoLAN VLC media player 2.0.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted ASF movie that triggers an out-of-bounds read.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed2.0.6-1
debian debianbullseyefixed2.0.6-1
debian debianforkyfixed2.0.6-1
debian debiansidfixed2.0.6-1
debian debiantrixiefixed2.0.6-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
videolanvlc_media_player{"endIncluding":"2.0.5"}
videolanvlc_media_player2.0.0
videolanvlc_media_player2.0.1
videolanvlc_media_player2.0.2
videolanvlc_media_player2.0.3
videolanvlc_media_player2.0.4

References

CWEs

CWE-119

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