CVE-2013-6934

high
Published 2014-01-23 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
7.5

Description

The parseRTSPRequestString function in Live Networks Live555 Streaming Media 2013.11.26, as used in VideoLAN VLC Media Player, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a space character at the beginning of an RTSP message, which triggers an integer underflow, infinite loop, and buffer overflow. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-6933.

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-2013-6934

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.live555.com/liveMedia/public/changelog.txt

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed0
debian debianbullseyefixed0
debian debianforkyfixed0
debian debiansidfixed0
debian debiantrixiefixed0

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
live555streaming_media2013-11-26
videolanvlc_media_player{"endExcluding":"2.1.0"}2.1.0

References

CWEs

CWE-189

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