CVE-2007-0017
First published: Wed Jan 03 2007(Updated: )
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.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| VideoLAN VLC media player | =0.7.2 | |
| VideoLAN VLC media player | =0.8.4a | |
| VideoLAN VLC media player | =0.8.0 | |
| VideoLAN VLC media player | =0.8.5 | |
| VideoLAN VLC media player | =0.8.4 | |
| VideoLAN VLC media player | =0.8.6 | |
| VideoLAN VLC media player | =0.7.0 | |
| VideoLAN VLC media player | =0.8.1 | |
| VideoLAN VLC media player | =0.7.1 | |
| VideoLAN VLC media player | =0.8.2 |
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Reference Links
- http://projects.info-pull.com/moab/MOAB-02-01-2007.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23592
- http://www.via.ecp.fr/via/ml/vlc-devel/2007-01/msg00005.html
- http://applefun.blogspot.com/2007/01/moab-02-01-2007-vlc-media-player-udp.html
- http://landonf.bikemonkey.org/code/macosx/MOAB_Day_2.20070103045559.6753.timor.html
- http://trac.videolan.org/vlc/changeset/18481
- http://www.videolan.org/patches/vlc-0.8.6-MOAB-02-01-2007.patch
- http://www.videolan.org/sa0701.html
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017464
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21852
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1252
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-24.xml
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_13_xine.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23829
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23910
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23971
- http://osvdb.org/31163
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0026
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31226
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14313
- agent/references
- agent/type
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/author
- agent/remedy
- agent/severity
- agent/weakness
- agent/description
- agent/event
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/source
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/tags
- collector/nvd-historical
- agent/software-canonical-lookup-request
- collector/nvd-index
- vendor/videolan
- canonical/videolan vlc media player
- version/videolan vlc media player/0.7.2
- version/videolan vlc media player/0.8.4a
- version/videolan vlc media player/0.8.0
- version/videolan vlc media player/0.8.5
- version/videolan vlc media player/0.8.4
- version/videolan vlc media player/0.8.6
- version/videolan vlc media player/0.7.0
- version/videolan vlc media player/0.8.1
- version/videolan vlc media player/0.7.1
- version/videolan vlc media player/0.8.2