CVE-2013-6283

VLC Media Player < 2.0.8 - Denial of Service and Possible Remote Code Execution via Long URL in M3U File

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2013-6283. PoCs published by Asesino04.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit generates a malformed M3U file with an overly long string of 'A' characters (50,000 bytes) to trigger a denial-of-service (DoS) condition in VLC Player 2.0.8. The PoC creates a file that, when opened, crashes the application due to improper handling of the input.

Description

VideoLAN VLC Media Player 2.0.8 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string in a URL in a m3u file.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Asesino04 · pythondoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/27700

This exploit generates a malformed M3U file with an overly long string of 'A' characters (50,000 bytes) to trigger a denial-of-service (DoS) condition in VLC Player 2.0.8. The PoC creates a file that, when opened, crashes the application due to improper handling of the input.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: VLC Player 2.0.8
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Ability to deliver the malformed M3U file to the target system
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19318
Exploit exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/27700
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/96603

Scores

EPSS 0.0998
EPSS Percentile 95.0%

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (33)
videolan/vlc_media_player 1.0.0
videolan/vlc_media_player 1.0.1
videolan/vlc_media_player 1.0.2
videolan/vlc_media_player 1.0.3
videolan/vlc_media_player 1.0.4
videolan/vlc_media_player 1.0.5
videolan/vlc_media_player 1.0.6
videolan/vlc_media_player 1.1.0
videolan/vlc_media_player 1.1.1
videolan/vlc_media_player 1.1.2
... and 23 more
Published Oct 25, 2013
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026