CVE-2013-3245

6.3 MEDIUM
Published: July 10, 2013 Modified: April 29, 2026
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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

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Jul/71
Source: PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.com
Exploit
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Jul/77
Source: PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.com
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Jul/79
Source: PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/52956
Source: PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.com
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/blog/372/
Source: PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.com
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61032
Source: PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.com
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Jul/71
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Jul/77
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Jul/79
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/52956
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/blog/372/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.jbkempf.com/blog/post/2013/More-lies-from-Secunia
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61032
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

14 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
6.3 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.9%
83th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

videolan