CVE-2007-6682 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 15.1% (pctl 97)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Format string vulnerability in the httpd_FileCallBack function (network/httpd.c) in VideoLAN VLC 0.8.6d allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the Connection parameter.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 15.14% — more likely to be exploited than 97% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2008-01-17 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| videolan | vlc |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | VideoLAN VLC Media Player 0.8.6d - 'httpd_FileCallBack' Remote Format String | 2008-04-28 |
References
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/vlcboffs-adv.txt
- http://osvdb.org/42208
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28233
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29284
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29766
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3550
- http://trac.videolan.org/vlc/changeset/23839
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1543
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-13.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485488/30/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27015
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14790
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5519
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/vlcboffs-adv.txt
- http://osvdb.org/42208
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28233
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29284
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29766
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3550
- http://trac.videolan.org/vlc/changeset/23839
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