CVE-2013-1868 (GCVE-0-2013-1868)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-07-10 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 15:20
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 81/100 over 975 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57079 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
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Date Public
2013-03-17 00:00
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