CVE-2013-3245
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2013-3245 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | flexera |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2013-07-10 19:55:04 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC |
| 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 |
Risk And Classification
Primary CVSS: v3.1 6.3 MEDIUM from ADP
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Problem Types: CWE-119 | CWE-122 | CWE-125 | n/a | CWE-125 CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read | CWE-122 CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow
| Version | Source | Type | Score | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | ADP | DECLARED | 6.3 | MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| 3.1 | 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 | Secondary | 6.3 | MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| 2.0 | [email protected] | Primary | 6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
CVSS v3.1 Breakdown
Attack Vector
NetworkAttack Complexity
LowPrivileges Required
NoneUser Interaction
RequiredScope
UnchangedConfidentiality
LowIntegrity
LowAvailability
LowCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
MediumAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
PartialIntegrity
PartialAvailability
PartialAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Videolan | Vlc Media Player | 2.0.7 | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| 404 | Flexera Blog | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| Full Disclosure: Re: VLC media player MKV Parsing POC | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | seclists.org | |
| Full Disclosure: VLC media player MKV Parsing POC | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | seclists.org | Exploit |
| More lies from Secunia - Yet another blog for JBKempf | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.jbkempf.com | |
| Full Disclosure: Re: VLC media player MKV Parsing POC | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | seclists.org | |
| Security Advisory SA52956 - VLC Media Player MKV Parsing Integer Overflow Vulnerability - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| VLC Media Player CVE-2013-3245 Remote Integer Overflow Vulnerability | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.