CVE-2013-6934

Exp

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.

Published: 2014-01-23 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2013-6934 is rated High Exploit Risk (84.2/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 28.17%, 98th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +24.20% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2013-6934

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-6934

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 3.98% 28.17% +24.20%
2 2025-03-30 6.33% 3.98% -2.35%
3 2025-03-29 — 6.33% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-6934

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-6934

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-6934

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2013-6934 unimportant priority: Debian including 2 source packages (mplayer, vlc), 10 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 10. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-6934
gentoo normal CVE-2013-6934: 1 GLSA(s) (201411-01), 1 atom(s) (media-video/vlc); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2013-6934
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-6934 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (liblivemedia), 17 status rows across 17 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, lucid, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): ignored 12, not-affected 3, DNE 1, needed 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-6934

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-6934

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
live555 streaming_media 2013-11-26 cpe:2.3:a:live555:streaming_media:2013-11-26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
videolan vlc_media_player < 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-6934

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