CVE-2013-6933

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Published 2014-01-23 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.5

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`2:1.1.1+svn37434-1`
sid	Fixed	`2:1.1.1+svn37434-1`
forky	Fixed	`2:1.1.1+svn37434-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`2:1.1.1+svn37434-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`2:1.1.1+svn37434-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
live555	streaming_media	`2011-08-13`
live555	streaming_media	`2011-08-20`
live555	streaming_media	`2011-08-22`
live555	streaming_media	`2011-09-02`
live555	streaming_media	`2011-09-19`
live555	streaming_media	`2011-10-05`
live555	streaming_media	`2011-10-09`
live555	streaming_media	`2011-10-18`
live555	streaming_media	`2011-10-27`
live555	streaming_media	`2011-11-02`
live555	streaming_media	`2011-11-08`
live555	streaming_media	`2011-11-20`
live555	streaming_media	`2011-11-27`
live555	streaming_media	`2011-11-28`
live555	streaming_media	`2011-11-29`
live555	streaming_media	`2011-12-02`
live555	streaming_media	`2011-12-19`
live555	streaming_media	`2011-12-20`
live555	streaming_media	`2011-12-23`
live555	streaming_media	`2012-01-07`
live555	streaming_media	`2012-01-13`
live555	streaming_media	`2012-01-25`
live555	streaming_media	`2012-01-26`
live555	streaming_media	`2012-02-03`
live555	streaming_media	`2012-02-04`
live555	streaming_media	`2012-02-29`
live555	streaming_media	`2012-03-20`
live555	streaming_media	`2012-03-22`
live555	streaming_media	`2012-04-04`
live555	streaming_media	`2012-04-18`
live555	streaming_media	`2012-04-21`
live555	streaming_media	`2012-04-26`
live555	streaming_media	`2012-04-27`
live555	streaming_media	`2012-05-03`
live555	streaming_media	`2012-05-11`
live555	streaming_media	`2012-05-17`
live555	streaming_media	`2012-06-12`
live555	streaming_media	`2012-06-17`
live555	streaming_media	`2012-06-23`
live555	streaming_media	`2012-06-26`
live555	streaming_media	`2012-07-03`
live555	streaming_media	`2012-07-06`
live555	streaming_media	`2012-07-14`
live555	streaming_media	`2012-07-18`
live555	streaming_media	`2012-07-24`
live555	streaming_media	`2012-07-26`
live555	streaming_media	`2012-08-08`
live555	streaming_media	`2012-08-12`
live555	streaming_media	`2012-08-17`
live555	streaming_media	`2012-08-20`
live555	streaming_media	`2012-08-28`
live555	streaming_media	`2012-08-29`
live555	streaming_media	`2012-08-30`
live555	streaming_media	`2012-08-31`
live555	streaming_media	`2012-09-06`
live555	streaming_media	`2012-09-07`
live555	streaming_media	`2012-09-11`
live555	streaming_media	`2012-09-12`
live555	streaming_media	`2012-09-13`
live555	streaming_media	`2012-09-27`
live555	streaming_media	`2012-10-01`
live555	streaming_media	`2012-10-04`
live555	streaming_media	`2012-10-11`
live555	streaming_media	`2012-10-12`
live555	streaming_media	`2012-10-16`
live555	streaming_media	`2012-10-17`
live555	streaming_media	`2012-10-18`
live555	streaming_media	`2012-10-21`
live555	streaming_media	`2012-10-22`
live555	streaming_media	`2012-10-24`
live555	streaming_media	`2012-11-05`
live555	streaming_media	`2012-11-08`
live555	streaming_media	`2012-11-16`
live555	streaming_media	`2012-11-17`
live555	streaming_media	`2012-11-22`
live555	streaming_media	`2012-11-28`
live555	streaming_media	`2012-11-29`
live555	streaming_media	`2012-11-30`
live555	streaming_media	`2012-12-15`
live555	streaming_media	`2012-12-18`
live555	streaming_media	`2012-12-21`
live555	streaming_media	`2012-12-22`
live555	streaming_media	`2012-12-23`
live555	streaming_media	`2012-12-24`
live555	streaming_media	`2013-01-03`
live555	streaming_media	`2013-01-04`
live555	streaming_media	`2013-01-05`
live555	streaming_media	`2013-01-15`
live555	streaming_media	`2013-01-18`
live555	streaming_media	`2013-01-19`
live555	streaming_media	`2013-01-21`
live555	streaming_media	`2013-01-22`
live555	streaming_media	`2013-01-23`
live555	streaming_media	`2013-01-25`
live555	streaming_media	`2013-02-05`
live555	streaming_media	`2013-02-11`
live555	streaming_media	`2013-02-27`
live555	streaming_media	`2013-03-07`
live555	streaming_media	`2013-03-23`
live555	streaming_media	`2013-03-31`
live555	streaming_media	`2013-04-01`
live555	streaming_media	`2013-04-04`
live555	streaming_media	`2013-04-05`
live555	streaming_media	`2013-04-06`
live555	streaming_media	`2013-04-08`
live555	streaming_media	`2013-04-16`
live555	streaming_media	`2013-04-21`
live555	streaming_media	`2013-04-22`
live555	streaming_media	`2013-04-23`
live555	streaming_media	`2013-04-29`
live555	streaming_media	`2013-04-30`
live555	streaming_media	`2013-05-30`
live555	streaming_media	`2013-06-06`
live555	streaming_media	`2013-06-14`
live555	streaming_media	`2013-06-18`
live555	streaming_media	`2013-06-30`
live555	streaming_media	`2013-07-03`
live555	streaming_media	`2013-07-16`
live555	streaming_media	`2013-07-30`
live555	streaming_media	`2013-07-31`
live555	streaming_media	`2013-08-05`
live555	streaming_media	`2013-08-15`
live555	streaming_media	`2013-08-16`
live555	streaming_media	`2013-08-28`
live555	streaming_media	`2013-08-31`
live555	streaming_media	`2013-09-07`
live555	streaming_media	`2013-09-08`
live555	streaming_media	`2013-09-11`
live555	streaming_media	`2013-09-18`
live555	streaming_media	`2013-09-27`
live555	streaming_media	`2013-09-30`
live555	streaming_media	`2013-10-01`
live555	streaming_media	`2013-10-02`
live555	streaming_media	`2013-10-03`
live555	streaming_media	`2013-10-07`
live555	streaming_media	`2013-10-08`
live555	streaming_media	`2013-10-09`
live555	streaming_media	`2013-10-11`
live555	streaming_media	`2013-10-16`
live555	streaming_media	`2013-10-18`
live555	streaming_media	`2013-10-22`
live555	streaming_media	`2013-10-24`
live555	streaming_media	`2013-10-25`
live555	streaming_media	`2013-11-06`
live555	streaming_media	`2013-11-10`
live555	streaming_media	`2013-11-14`
live555	streaming_media	`2013-11-15`
live555	streaming_media	`2013-11-25`

References

CWEs

CWE-119 CWE-189

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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