{
    "id": "CVE-2007-6262",
    "published": "2007-12-06 02:46:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 22:47:42",
    "cvss_score": "6.8",
    "cvss_severity": "MEDIUM",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P",
    "cwe": "CWE-119",
    "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.\"",
    "epss_score": "0.11115",
    "epss_percentile": "0.95797",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-28 18:17:06",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "videolan",
            "product": "vlc_media_player"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "4688",
            "title": "VideoLAN VLC Media Player 0.86 < 0.86d - ActiveX Remote Bad Pointer Initialization",
            "date": "2007-12-04",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4688"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "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"
    ]
}