UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4388

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4388
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2013/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4388.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4388
Upstream
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:42:55Z
Published
2013-10-11T22:55:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T08:10:46.272405Z
Severity
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

Buffer overflow in the mp4a packetizer (modules/packetizer/mpeg4audio.c) in VideoLAN VLC Media Player before 2.0.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / vlc

Package

Name
vlc
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/vlc@2.1.1-1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.1.1-1

Affected versions

2.*

2.0.8-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libvlc-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.1.1-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvlc5",
            "binary_version": "2.1.1-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvlccore-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.1.1-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvlccore7",
            "binary_version": "2.1.1-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "vlc",
            "binary_version": "2.1.1-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "vlc-data",
            "binary_version": "2.1.1-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "vlc-dbg",
            "binary_version": "2.1.1-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "vlc-nox",
            "binary_version": "2.1.1-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "vlc-plugin-fluidsynth",
            "binary_version": "2.1.1-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "vlc-plugin-jack",
            "binary_version": "2.1.1-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "vlc-plugin-notify",
            "binary_version": "2.1.1-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "vlc-plugin-pulse",
            "binary_version": "2.1.1-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "vlc-plugin-sdl",
            "binary_version": "2.1.1-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "vlc-plugin-svg",
            "binary_version": "2.1.1-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "vlc-plugin-zvbi",
            "binary_version": "2.1.1-1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2013/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4388.json"