CVE-2007-6262

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Published Dec 6, 2007 CVSS 2.0 · 6.8 Medium EPSS 11.1% KEV · Not listed

Description

A certain ActiveX control in axvlc.dll in VideoLAN VLC 0.8.6 before 0.8.6d allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted arguments to the (1) addTarget, (2) getVariable, or (3) setVariable function, resulting from a "bad initialized pointer," aka a "recursive plugin release vulnerability."

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 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:0.8.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:0.8.6a:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:0.8.6b:::::::*

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Remediation

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Advisories

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Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

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Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 11.1% (11.115% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/27878
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3420
http://www.coresecurity.com/?action=item&id=2035
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/484563/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26675
http://www.videolan.org/sa0703.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4061
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38816
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14280

History

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Subscriptions

Videolan Vlc Media Player

Weaknesses

CWE-119

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 4:02 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Dec 6, 2007, 2:00 AM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 4:02 PM
Reserved: Dec 5, 2007, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:47 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Dec 6, 2007, 2:46 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:47 PM

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