CVE-2007-6681

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-6681
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-01-17 01:00:00 UTC
Updated2017-09-29 01:30:00 UTC
DescriptionStack-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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Videolan Vlc All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1543-1 vlc DEBIAN www.debian.org
Changelog/0.8.6f - VideoLAN Wiki CONFIRM wiki.videolan.org
VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities — Gentoo Linux Documentation GENTOO www.gentoo.org
SecurityReason - Buffer-overflow and format string in VideoLAN VLC 0.8.6d SREASON securityreason.com
Gentoo update for vlc - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Gentoo update for vlc - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Debian update for vlc - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
aluigi.altervista.org/adv/vlcboffs-adv.txt MISC aluigi.altervista.org
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
VideoLAN Security Advisory 0801 CONFIRM www.videolan.org
VideoLAN VLC Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com
VideoLAN VLC Media Player 0.8.6d SSA Parsing Double Sh311 - Universal - Windows local Exploit EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com
[vlc-devel] vlc: svn commit r20715 (fenrir) MLIST mailman.videolan.org
VLC Media Player Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
VLC: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code — Gentoo Linux Documentation GENTOO security.gentoo.org
42207 OSVDB osvdb.org
[vlc-devel] subtitle processing overflows MLIST mailman.videolan.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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