CVE-2007-6682

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-6682
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-01-17 01:00:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionFormat 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Videolan Vlc All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
VLC Media Player Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
osvdb.org/42208 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
aluigi.altervista.org/adv/vlcboffs-adv.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 aluigi.altervista.org
VLC 0.8.6d httpd_FileCallBack Remote Format String Exploit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1543-1 vlc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit
Gentoo update for vlc - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
VideoLAN VLC Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Error: Not Found – VLC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 trac.videolan.org
SecurityReason - Buffer-overflow and format string in VideoLAN VLC 0.8.6d af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
Debian update for vlc - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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