CVE-2013-6283

Publication date 25 October 2013

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this 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 end of life
13.04 raring Ignored end of life
12.10 quantal Ignored end of life
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid Ignored end of life

Notes

mdeslaur

can't reproduce