CVE-2007-3316

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 17.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-06-21 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Multiple format string vulnerabilities in plugins in VideoLAN VLC Media Player before 0.8.6c allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in (1) an Ogg/Vorbis file, (2) an Ogg/Theora file, (3) a CDDB entry for a CD Digital Audio (CDDA) file, or (4) Service Announce Protocol (SAP) multicast packets.

Affected products

VideoLAN VLC: 0.8.6a, 0.8.6b

References

http://osvdb.org/37379
http://osvdb.org/37380
http://osvdb.org/37381
http://osvdb.org/37382
http://secunia.com/advisories/25753
http://secunia.com/advisories/25980
http://secunia.com/advisories/26269
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200707-12.xml
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1332
http://www.isecpartners.com/advisories/2007-001-vlc.txt
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/200928
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471933/100/0/threaded

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