CVE-2007-6262

N/A Unknown
Published: December 06, 2007 Modified: April 23, 2026
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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."

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27878
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3420
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.coresecurity.com/?action=item&id=2035
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/484563/100/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26675
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit Patch
http://www.videolan.org/sa0703.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4061
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38816
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14280
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/27878
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3420
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.coresecurity.com/?action=item&id=2035
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/484563/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26675
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Patch
http://www.videolan.org/sa0703.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4061
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38816
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14280
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

18 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
11.1%
95th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-119

Affected Vendors

videolan

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