APP: VLC Media Player RTSP Plugin Stack Buffer Overflow
This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability against VLC Media Player. A successful attack can lead to arbitrary code execution.
Extended 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.
Affected Products
Live555 streaming_media
References
CVE: CVE-2013-6934
Short Name
APP:VLC-RTSP-PLUGIN-BO
Severity
Major
Recommended
False
Recommended Action
Drop
Category
APP
Keywords
Buffer CVE-2013-6933 CVE-2013-6934 Media Overflow Player Plugin RTSP Stack VLC
Release Date
01/19/2015
Supported Platforms
srx-branch-12.3
srx-19.3
srx-branch-19.3
vsrx3bsd-19.2
srx-branch-19.4
vsrx-19.4
mx-12.3
mx-19.4
vmx-19.4
mx-19.3
vsrx3bsd-19.4
srx-19.4
vsrx-12.3
vmx-19.3
vsrx-19.2
srx-12.3
Sigpack Version
3590
False Positive
Unknown
Vendors
Live555
CVSS Score
7.5