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    CVE-2007-0017

    Multiple format string vulnerabilities in (1) the cdio_log_handler function in modules/access/cdda/access.c in the CDDA (libcdda_plugin) plugin, and the (2) cdio_log_handler and (3) vcd_log_handler functions in modules/access/vcdx/access.c in the VCDX (libvcdx_plugin) plugin, in VideoLAN VLC 0.7.0 through 0.8.6 allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in an invalid URI, as demonstrated by a udp://-- URI in an M3U file.

    Published:Jan 3, 2007
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Jan 3, 2007
    EPSS Score:0.51215
    CVSS Score:6.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Videolan
    Product
    Vlc Media Player

    Exploits

    http://projects.info-pull.com/moab/MOAB-02-01-2007.htmlhttp://projects.info-pull.com/moab/MOAB-02-01-2007.htmlhttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3069https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3070

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-135 Format String Injection
    CAPEC-67 String Format Overflow in syslog()

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    CVE-2023-47360 (CVSS 7.5) — Videolan VLC prior to version 3.0.20 contains an Integer underflow that leads to an incorrect packet length.…
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    References

    http://applefun.blogspot.com/2007/01/moab-02-01-2007-vlc-media-player-udp.html
    http://landonf.bikemonkey.org/code/macosx/MOAB_Day_2.20070103045559.6753.timor.html
    http://osvdb.org/31163
    http://projects.info-pull.com/moab/MOAB-02-01-2007.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23592
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23829
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23910
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23971
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-24.xml
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1017464
    http://trac.videolan.org/vlc/changeset/18481
    http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1252
    http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_13_xine.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21852
    http://www.via.ecp.fr/via/ml/vlc-devel/2007-01/msg00005.html
    http://www.videolan.org/patches/vlc-0.8.6-MOAB-02-01-2007.patch
    http://www.videolan.org/sa0701.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0026
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31226
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14313
    http://applefun.blogspot.com/2007/01/moab-02-01-2007-vlc-media-player-udp.html
    http://landonf.bikemonkey.org/code/macosx/MOAB_Day_2.20070103045559.6753.timor.html
    http://osvdb.org/31163
    http://projects.info-pull.com/moab/MOAB-02-01-2007.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23592
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23829
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23910
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23971
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-24.xml
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1017464
    http://trac.videolan.org/vlc/changeset/18481
    http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1252
    http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_13_xine.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21852
    http://www.via.ecp.fr/via/ml/vlc-devel/2007-01/msg00005.html
    http://www.videolan.org/patches/vlc-0.8.6-MOAB-02-01-2007.patch
    http://www.videolan.org/sa0701.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0026
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31226
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14313

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High