Buffer overflow in Videolan Vlc
CVE-2007-6681
Stack-based buffer overflow in modules/demux/subtitle.c in VideoLAN VLC 0.8.6d allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long subtitle in a (1) MicroDvd, (2) SSA, and (3) Vplayer file.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.173 (97.0th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 97.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.173 · newest: 0.173 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secunia.com/advisories/29284 (third-party-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1543 (vendor-advisory)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/3550 (third-party-advisory)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5667 (exploit)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14334 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.videolan.org/security/sa0801.php
- secunia.com/advisories/28233 (third-party-advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-25.xml (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/27015 (vdb-entry)
- mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-devel/2007-June/033394.html (mailing-list)