PT-2007-1150 · Videolan · Vlc

Published 2007-01-16 · Updated 2017-10-11 · CVE-2007-0256

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: VideoLAN VLC version 0.8.6a

Description: The issue is caused by a buffer overflow in memory, allowing a remote attacker to cause a denial of service by crashing the application using a specially crafted .wmv file.

Recommendations: For version 0.8.6a, consider avoiding the use of .wmv files until a patch is available to prevent potential exploitation. As a temporary workaround, restrict access to files with the .wmv extension to minimize the risk of a denial of service.

Exploit

Fix

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

BDU:2019-03962

CVE-2007-0256

Affected Products

Vlc

References · 20

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/29443 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/3119 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/22003 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-0256 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-03962 · Security Note
• https://wiki.astralinux.ru/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=44892734 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2007-0256 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-0256 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2007-0256 · Vendor Advisory
• https://securityfocus.com/bid/22003 · Note
• http://wiki.videolan.org/Changelog/0.8.6b · Note
• http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/31515 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31515 · Note
• https://cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2007-0256/?q=CVE-2007-0256 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/39022 · Note