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Vulnerability details: VCID-a7x2-a4kt-3yam
Vulnerability ID VCID-a7x2-a4kt-3yam
Aliases CVE-2013-6283
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability None
Weighted Severity None
Risk None
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (0)
There are no known CWE.
System Score Found at
epss 0.09811 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2013-6283
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2013-6283
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-6283
GLSA-201411-01 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201411-01
OSVDB-96603;CVE-2013-6283 Exploit https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/dos/27700.py
Data source Exploit-DB
Date added Aug. 19, 2013
Description VideoLAN VLC Media Player 2.0.8 - '.m3u' Local Crash (PoC)
Ransomware campaign use Known
Source publication date Aug. 19, 2013
Exploit type dos
Platform windows
Source update date Aug. 19, 2013
There are no known vectors.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.93093
EPSS Score 0.09811
Published At May 29, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-05-29T13:41:47.076534+00:00 Debian Oval Importer Import https://www.debian.org/security/oval/oval-definitions-bullseye.xml.bz2 38.6.0