CVE-2007-6262 EXPLOIT
6.8
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 11.1% (pctl 96)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
A certain ActiveX control in axvlc.dll in VideoLAN VLC 0.8.6 before 0.8.6d allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted arguments to the (1) addTarget, (2) getVariable, or (3) setVariable function, resulting from a "bad initialized pointer," aka a "recursive plugin release vulnerability."
Scoring
| CVSS | 6.8 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 11.12% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2007-12-06 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| videolan | vlc media player |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | VideoLAN VLC Media Player 0.86 < 0.86d - ActiveX Remote Bad Pointer Initialization | 2007-12-04 |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27878
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3420
- http://www.coresecurity.com/?action=item&id=2035
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/484563/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26675
- http://www.videolan.org/sa0703.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4061
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38816
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14280
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27878
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3420
- http://www.coresecurity.com/?action=item&id=2035
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/484563/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26675
- http://www.videolan.org/sa0703.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4061
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38816
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14280
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