# CVE-2013-3245: Memory corruption in n/a

> Remote attackers can cause a crash or potentially execute arbitrary code in VLC Media Player via a crafted MKV file.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 10 Jul 2013
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2013-3245, GHSA-h6w8-g5hj-f5pr

## What is CVE-2013-3245?

CVE-2013-3245 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Videolan Vlc Media Player, published on 10 Jul 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official 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

Weakness: CWE-119 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer), CWE-125 (Out-of-bounds Read), CWE-122 (Heap-based Buffer Overflow)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-3245?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Videolan Vlc Media Player.

## How do I fix CVE-2013-3245?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2013-3245 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2013-3245 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Videolan Vlc Media Player

- [CVE-2008-0296](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-0296/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2023-47359](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-47359/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-12874](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-12874/): Use after free in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-10699](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-10699/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2013-1868](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-1868/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2013-3245 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2013-3245 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Videolan Vlc Media Player, published on 10 Jul 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2013-3245 exists.

Affected product: Videolan Vlc Media Player. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-3245/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-3245/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-3245
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-3245
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-3245

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.