CVE-2007-0017

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    CVE-2007-0017

    Published: 3 Jan 2007Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

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

    Affected packages

    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