CVE-2007-6262

VideoLAN VLC <0.8.6d - RCE

Title source: llm

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."

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED

by Ricardo Narvaja · htmldoswindows

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4688

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References (9)

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38816

[Various Sources] http://www.videolan.org/sa0703.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4061

[Various Sources] http://www.coresecurity.com/?action=item&id=2035

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14280

[Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/27878

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/484563/100/0/threaded

[Exploit, Patch] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26675

[Third Party Advisory] http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3420

Scores

EPSS 0.2280

EPSS Percentile 95.9%

Details

CWE

CWE-119

Status published

Products (3)

videolan/vlc_media_player 0.8.6

videolan/vlc_media_player 0.8.6a

videolan/vlc_media_player 0.8.6b

Published Dec 06, 2007

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026