CVE-2013-4388

medium
Published 2013-10-11 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
6.8

Description

Buffer overflow in the mp4a packetizer (modules/packetizer/mpeg4audio.c) in VideoLAN VLC Media Player before 2.0.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4388

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed2.1.0-1
debian debianbullseyefixed2.1.0-1
debian debianforkyfixed2.1.0-1
debian debiansidfixed2.1.0-1
debian debiantrixiefixed2.1.0-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
videolanvlc_media_player{"endIncluding":"2.0.7"}
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
videolanvlc_media_player2.0.5
videolanvlc_media_player2.0.6

References

CWEs

CWE-119

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