CVE-2013-6934

Summary

The parseRTSPRequestString function in Live Networks Live555 Streaming Media 2013.11.26, as used in VideoLAN VLC Media Player, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a space character at the beginning of an RTSP message, which triggers an integer underflow, infinite loop, and buffer overflow. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-6933.

Impact & exploitability

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products we track (1)

Recommendation

Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.

Additional information

• NVD record
• http://www.live555.com/liveMedia/public/changelog.txtAdvisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65139Advisory
• http://isecpartners.github.io/fuzzing/vulnerabilities/2013/12/30/vlc-vulnerability.htmlAdvisory