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Vulnerability record · CVE-2013-6934 · published 23 January 2014

CVE-2013-6934: Live555 streaming media vulnerability

Live555 · Streaming Media

The parseRTSPRequestString function in Live Networks Live555 Streaming Media 2013.11.26, as used in VideoLAN VLC Media Player, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a space character at the beginning of an RTSP message, which triggers an integer underflow, infinite loop, and buffer overflow. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-6933.

7.5 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 28% · top 1.9% CWE-189 · CWE-189
7.5CVSS 2.0 base score
28%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
2Affected product versions listed by NVD
6References, 2 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

The parseRTSPRequestString function in Live Networks Live555 Streaming Media 2013.11.26, as used in VideoLAN VLC Media Player, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a space character at the beginning of an RTSP message, which triggers an integer underflow, infinite loop, and buffer overflow. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-6933.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

2 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://isecpartners.github.io/fuzzing/vulnerabilities/2013/12/30/vlc-vulnerability.html ExploitThird Party Advisory
http://www.live555.com/liveMedia/public/changelog.txt Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65139 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://isecpartners.github.io/fuzzing/vulnerabilities/2013/12/30/vlc-vulnerability.html ExploitThird Party Advisory
http://www.live555.com/liveMedia/public/changelog.txt Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65139 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2013-6934), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.