| Name | CVE-2013-6283 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| vlc (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2.2.7-1~deb8u1 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 3.0.12-0+deb9u1 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 3.0.20-0+deb9u1 | fixed |
| buster | 3.0.17.4-0+deb10u1 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 3.0.20-0+deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 3.0.20-0+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm (security), bookworm | 3.0.20-0+deb12u1 | fixed |
| trixie | 3.0.20-1 | fixed |
| sid | 3.0.20-4 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| vlc | source | squeeze | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| vlc | source | (unstable) | 2.1.0-2 | unimportant | | |
Notes
[squeeze] - vlc <end-of-life> (Unsupported in squeeze-lts)
User-assisted DoS for X session (freezes window manager) in 2.0.3-5