CVE-2007-3468

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Published Jun 27, 2007 CVSS 2.0 · 7.8 High EPSS 2.9% KEV · Not listed

Description

input.c in VideoLAN VLC Media Player before 0.8.6c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted WAV file that causes an uninitialized i_nb_resamplers variable to be used.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-1332-1	New vlc packages fix arbitrary code execution
EUVD	EUVD-2007-3453	input.c in VideoLAN VLC Media Player before 0.8.6c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted WAV file that causes an uninitialized i_nb_resamplers variable to be used.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 2.9% (2.924% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/38992
http://secunia.com/advisories/25980
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1332
http://www.isecpartners.com/advisories/2007-001-vlc.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471933/100/0/threaded
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14744

History

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Subscriptions

Videolan Vlc Media Player

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 2:21 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Jun 27, 2007, 10:00 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 2:21 PM
Reserved: Jun 27, 2007, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:42 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Jun 27, 2007, 10:30 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:42 PM

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