CVE-2007-6683

The browser plugin in VideoLAN VLC 0.8.6d allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via (1) the :demuxdump-file option in a filename in a playlist, or (2) a EXTVLCOPT statement in an MP3 file, possibly an argument injection vulnerability.

Score

CVSS 2.0 5.0 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2008-01-17

Last modified

2024-08-07

Affected products

• Vlc (Videolan)

References

• http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-devel/2007-December/037726.html
• http://osvdb.org/42205
• http://osvdb.org/42206
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29284
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29766
• http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1543
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-13.xml
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28712
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14619
• https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/changeset/23197
• https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/1371