{"id":"CVE-2013-6933","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2013-6933","generatedAt":"2026-11-05T07:17:08.383Z","title":"The parseRTSPRequestString function in Live Networks Live555 Streaming Media 2011.08.13 through 2013.11.25, as used in VideoLAN VLC Media Player, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a (1)…","description":"The parseRTSPRequestString function in Live Networks Live555 Streaming Media 2011.08.13 through 2013.11.25, as used in VideoLAN VLC Media Player, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a (1) space or (2) tab character at the beginning of an RTSP message, which triggers an integer underflow, infinite loop, and buffer overflow.","published":"2014-01-23T21:55:05.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:01:09.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":["CWE-119","CWE-189"],"affected":["live555/streaming media"],"epss":{"score":0.17415,"percentile":0.97134,"date":"2026-11-04","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 17.4%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://isecpartners.github.io/fuzzing/vulnerabilities/2013/12/30/vlc-vulnerability.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.live555.com/liveMedia/public/changelog.txt","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://isecpartners.github.io/fuzzing/vulnerabilities/2013/12/30/vlc-vulnerability.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.live555.com/liveMedia/public/changelog.txt","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6933","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."}