ubuntu-cve-2013-6933
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2014-01-23 21:55
Modified
2025-07-16 04:50
Summary
Details

The parseRTSPRequestString function in Live Networks Live555 Streaming Media 2011.08.13 through 2013.11.25, as used in VideoLAN VLC Media Player, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a (1) space or (2) tab character at the beginning of an RTSP message, which triggers an integer underflow, infinite loop, and buffer overflow.

Severity
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "affected": [
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        "binaries": [
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            "binary_name": "libbasicusageenvironment0",
            "binary_version": "2014.01.13-1"
          },
          {
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            "binary_version": "2014.01.13-1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "liblivemedia-dev",
            "binary_version": "2014.01.13-1"
          },
          {
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          },
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          },
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          }
        ]
      },
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        "name": "liblivemedia",
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      },
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            },
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            }
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        }
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    },
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            "binary_version": "2016.02.09-1"
          },
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          },
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          },
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          },
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      },
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            "binary_name": "libgroupsock8",
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          {
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          {
            "binary_name": "liblivemedia62",
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          {
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          },
          {
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          },
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            "binary_name": "livemedia-utils-dbgsym",
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      },
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      },
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        {
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        "2017.09.12-1ubuntu1",
        "2017.10.28-2",
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  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "The parseRTSPRequestString function in Live Networks Live555 Streaming Media 2011.08.13 through 2013.11.25, as used in VideoLAN VLC Media Player, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a (1) space or (2) tab character at the beginning of an RTSP message, which triggers an integer underflow, infinite loop, and buffer overflow.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2013-6933",
  "modified": "2025-07-16T04:50:22Z",
  "published": "2014-01-23T21:55:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-6933"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://www.live555.com/liveMedia/public/changelog.txt"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://isecpartners.github.io/fuzzing/vulnerabilities/2013/12/30/vlc-vulnerability.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6933"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2013-6933"
  ],
  "withdrawn": "2025-07-18T16:42:57Z"
}



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