PT-2008-1644 · Videolan · Vlc

Michal Luczaj · Published 2008-01-16 · Updated 2017-09-29 · CVE-2007-6681

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions VLC versions 0.8.6d

Description A stack-based buffer overflow issue exists, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long subtitle in certain file types, including MicroDvd, SSA, and Vplayer files.

Recommendations For version 0.8.6d, update to a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-6681

DSA-1543-1

Affected Products

Vlc

References · 24

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/5667 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/5498 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2007-6681 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-6681 · Security Note
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-25.xml · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1543 · Vendor Advisory
• http://gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-13.xml · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-6681 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2007-6681 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6681 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29800 · Note
• http://videolan.org/security/sa0801.php · Note
• http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/vlcboffs-adv.txt · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29284 · Note
• http://wiki.videolan.org/Changelog/0.8.6f · Note