$ cve CVE-2007-0017 JSON

CVE-2007-0017 EXPLOIT

6.8

MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 12.1% (pctl 96)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

Multiple format string vulnerabilities in (1) the cdio_log_handler function in modules/access/cdda/access.c in the CDDA (libcdda_plugin) plugin, and the (2) cdio_log_handler and (3) vcd_log_handler functions in modules/access/vcdx/access.c in the VCDX (libvcdx_plugin) plugin, in VideoLAN VLC 0.7.0 through 0.8.6 allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in an invalid URI, as demonstrated by a udp://-- URI in an M3U file.

Scoring

CVSS	6.8 (MEDIUM, v2.0)
Vector	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS	12.06% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs
Weakness	CWE-134
On CISA KEV	no
Public exploit	yes
Published	2007-01-03
Last modified	2026-06-16

Affected (1)

Vendor	Product
videolan	vlc media player

Public exploits

Source	Title	Date
exploit-db	VideoLAN VLC Media Player 0.8.6 (PPC) - 'udp://' Format String (PoC)	2007-01-02
exploit-db	VideoLAN VLC Media Player 0.8.6 (x86) - 'udp://' Format String	2007-01-02

References

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