Vulnerability in Videolan Vlc
CVE-2007-6682
Format string vulnerability in the httpd_FileCallBack function (network/httpd.c) in VideoLAN VLC 0.8.6d allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the Connection parameter.
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: 0.151 (96.6th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 96.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.151 · newest: 0.151 · change: 0.000
Affected products
References
- secunia.com/advisories/29284 (third-party-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1543 (vendor-advisory)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/3550 (third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/28233 (third-party-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14790 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5519 (exploit)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/27015 (vdb-entry)
- osvdb.org/42208 (vdb-entry)
- trac.videolan.org/vlc/changeset/23839
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485488/30/0/threaded (mailing-list, Exploit)