CVE-2007-0017

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-0017
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-01-03 02:28:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionMultiple format string vulnerabilities in (1) the cdio_log_handler function in modules/access/cdda/access.c in the CDDA (libcdda_plugin) plugin, and the (2) cdio_log_handler and (3) vcd_log_handler functions in modules/access/vcdx/access.c in the VCDX (libvcdx_plugin) plugin, in VideoLAN VLC 0.7.0 through 0.8.6 allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in an invalid URI, as demonstrated by a udp://-- URI in an M3U file.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-134 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Videolan Vlc Media Player 0.7.0 All All All
Application Videolan Vlc Media Player 0.7.1 All All All
Application Videolan Vlc Media Player 0.7.2 All All All
Application Videolan Vlc Media Player 0.8.0 All All All
Application Videolan Vlc Media Player 0.8.1 All All All
Application Videolan Vlc Media Player 0.8.2 All All All
Application Videolan Vlc Media Player 0.8.4 All All All
Application Videolan Vlc Media Player 0.8.4a All All All
Application Videolan Vlc Media Player 0.8.5 All All All
Application Videolan Vlc Media Player 0.8.6 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
osvdb.org/31163 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
VLC Media Player "udp://" URI Handling Format String Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Landon Fuller af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 landonf.bikemonkey.org
Gentoo update for vlc - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
SecurityTracker.com Archives - VLC Media Player udp:// URL Handler Format String Bug Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
VideoLan VLC Media Player Remote Format String Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1252-1 vlc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Error: Not Found – VLC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 trac.videolan.org
404 not found - VideoLAN af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.videolan.org Patch
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- VLC media player: Format string vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
MOAB-02-01-2007 - VLC Media Player udp:// Format String Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 projects.info-pull.com Exploit, Vendor Advisory
VideoLAN security advisory 0701 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.videolan.org Vendor Advisory
Archive de vlc-devel af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.via.ecp.fr
Apple Fun: MOAB-02-01-2007: VLC Media Player udp:// Format String Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 applefun.blogspot.com
Debian update for vlc - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
SUSE update for xine - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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