CVE-2013-1868

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 11.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2013-07-10 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

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.

Affected products

VideoLAN VLC: through 2.0.4; 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3

References

http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=136367945627336&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/59793
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57079
http://www.videolan.org/security/sa1301.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17226
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=136367945627336&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/59793
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57079
http://www.videolan.org/security/sa1301.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17226

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