CVE-2007-3316

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    CVE-2007-3316

    Published: 21 Jun 2007Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Multiple format string vulnerabilities in plugins in VideoLAN VLC Media Player before 0.8.6c allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in (1) an Ogg/Vorbis file, (2) an Ogg/Theora file, (3) a CDDB entry for a CD Digital Audio (CDDA) file, or (4) Service Announce Protocol (SAP) multicast packets.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/25753, http://secunia.com/advisories/25980, http://secunia.com/advisories/26269, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200707-12.xml, http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1332, http://www.isecpartners.com/advisories/2007-001-vlc.txt, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2262, http://secunia.com/advisories/25753, http://www.videolan.org/sa0702.html, http://osvdb.org/37379, http://osvdb.org/37380, http://osvdb.org/37381, http://osvdb.org/37382, http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/200928, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471933/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24555, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14600

    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