Description
plugins/demux/libmkv_plugin.dll in VideoLAN VLC Media Player 2.0.7, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted MKV file, possibly involving an integer overflow and out-of-bounds read or heap-based buffer overflow, or an uncaught exception. NOTE: the vendor disputes the severity and claimed vulnerability type of this issue, stating "This PoC crashes VLC, indeed, but does nothing more... this is not an integer overflow error, but an uncaught exception and I doubt that it is exploitable. This uncaught exception makes VLC abort, not execute random code, on my Linux 64bits machine." A PoC posted by the original researcher shows signs of an attacker-controlled out-of-bounds read, but the affected instruction does not involve a register that directly influences control flow
Published: 2013-07-10
Score: 6.3 Medium
EPSS: 1.9% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 16:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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{'score': 0.00942}

epss

{'score': 0.01865}


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Videolan Vlc Media Player
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: flexera

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T16:58:28.941Z

Reserved: 2013-04-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2013-3245

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-06T16:00:10.117Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2013-07-10T19:55:04.797

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2013-3245

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