{"id":"CVE-2013-1868","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2013-1868","generatedAt":"2026-11-05T07:28:51.025Z","title":"Multiple buffer overflows in VideoLAN VLC media player 2.0.4 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and execute arbitrary code via vectors related to the (1) freetype renderer and (2) HTML subtitle parser.","description":"Multiple buffer overflows in VideoLAN VLC media player 2.0.4 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and execute arbitrary code via vectors related to the (1) freetype renderer and (2) HTML subtitle parser.","published":"2013-07-10T19:55:05.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:52:17.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":9.3,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["videolan/vlc media player"],"epss":{"score":0.10978,"percentile":0.95908,"date":"2026-11-04","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2012-12-07","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":23201,"kind":"exploit","title":"VideoLAN VLC Media Player 2.0.4 - '.swf' Crash (PoC)","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23201","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/dos/23201.txt","file":"exploits/windows/dos/23201.txt","published":"2012-12-07","added":"2012-12-07","updated":"2017-07-14","author":"coolkaveh","type":"dos","platform":"windows","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["OSVDB-88299","CVE-2013-1868"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":"http://www.exploit-db.comvlc-2.0.4-win32.exe","screenshotUrl":"http://www.exploit-db.com/screenshots/idlt23500/vlc-dos-poc.png","referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 11.0%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=136367945627336&w=2","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/59793","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57079","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.videolan.org/security/sa1301.html","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17226","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=136367945627336&w=2","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/59793","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57079","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.videolan.org/security/sa1301.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17226","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1868","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}