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CVE-2013-6283

Publication date 25 October 2013

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

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.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
vlc 14.10 utopic
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
13.10 saucy Ignored
13.04 raring Ignored
12.10 quantal Ignored
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid Ignored

Notes


mdeslaur

can't reproduce