DEBIAN-CVE-2008-2147

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2008-2147

    Published: 12 May 2008Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2008-2147

    Summary:

    Details: Untrusted search path vulnerability in VideoLAN VLC before 0.9.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a malicious library under the modules/ or plugins/ subdirectories of the current working directory.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-2147

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: vlc

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/vlc?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.8.6.e-2.2

    Affected versions

    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
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