CVE-2007-6682

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 15.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-01-17 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

VideoLAN Vlc: through 0.8.6d

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

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