CVE-2007-6682

Summary

CVECVE-2007-6682
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
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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Videolan Vlc All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
VLC 0.8.6d httpd_FileCallBack Remote Format String Exploit EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1543-1 vlc DEBIAN www.debian.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
42208 OSVDB osvdb.org
Debian update for vlc - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com Exploit
aluigi.altervista.org/adv/vlcboffs-adv.txt MISC aluigi.altervista.org
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
Error: Not Found – VLC CONFIRM trac.videolan.org
VideoLAN VLC Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com
VLC Media Player Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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