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CVE-2013-6283

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 10.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2013-10-25 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

VideoLAN VLC Media Player 2.0.8 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string in a URL in a m3u file.

Affected products

• VideoLAN VLC: through 2.0.8; 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4, 1.0.5 (+26)

References

• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/27700
• http://www.osvdb.org/96603
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19318
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/27700
• http://www.osvdb.org/96603
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19318

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