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    CVE-2007-6262

    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."

    Published:Dec 6, 2007
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Dec 6, 2007
    EPSS Score:0.22802
    CVSS Score:6.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Videolan
    Product
    Vlc Media Player

    Exploits

    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26675http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26675https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4688

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    References

    http://secunia.com/advisories/27878
    http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3420
    http://www.coresecurity.com/?action=item&id=2035
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/484563/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26675
    http://www.videolan.org/sa0703.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4061
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38816
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14280
    http://secunia.com/advisories/27878
    http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3420
    http://www.coresecurity.com/?action=item&id=2035
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/484563/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26675
    http://www.videolan.org/sa0703.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4061
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38816
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14280

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    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