CVE-2007-6683

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    CVE-2007-6683

    Published: 17 Jan 2008Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The browser plugin in VideoLAN VLC 0.8.6d allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via (1) the :demuxdump-file option in a filename in a playlist, or (2) a EXTVLCOPT statement in an MP3 file, possibly an argument injection vulnerability.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/29284, http://secunia.com/advisories/29766, http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1543, http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-devel/2007-December/037726.html, http://osvdb.org/42205, http://osvdb.org/42206, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-13.xml, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28712, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14619, https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/changeset/23197, https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/1371

    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