CVE-2013-6933: LIVE555 Streaming Media

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 17.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• LIVE555 Streaming Media: version 2011-08-13 only; version 2011-08-20 only; version 2011-08-22 only; version 2011-09-02 only; version 2011-09-19 only; version 2011-10-05 only; …

Published 2014-01-23. Last modified 2026-06-17.