FKIE_CVE-2007-3316

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2007-06-21 18:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:41
Severity
Summary
Multiple format string vulnerabilities in plugins in VideoLAN VLC Media Player before 0.8.6c allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in (1) an Ogg/Vorbis file, (2) an Ogg/Theora file, (3) a CDDB entry for a CD Digital Audio (CDDA) file, or (4) Service Announce Protocol (SAP) multicast packets.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://osvdb.org/37379
cve@mitre.orghttp://osvdb.org/37380
cve@mitre.orghttp://osvdb.org/37381
cve@mitre.orghttp://osvdb.org/37382
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/25753Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/25980
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/26269
cve@mitre.orghttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200707-12.xml
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1332
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.isecpartners.com/advisories/2007-001-vlc.txt
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/200928US Government Resource
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471933/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24555
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.videolan.org/sa0702.htmlPatch
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2262
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14600
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/37379
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/37380
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/37381
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/37382
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/25753Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/25980
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/26269
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200707-12.xml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1332
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.isecpartners.com/advisories/2007-001-vlc.txt
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/200928US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471933/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24555
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.videolan.org/sa0702.htmlPatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2262
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14600
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
videolan vlc_media_player 0.8.6a
videolan vlc_media_player 0.8.6b
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