CVE-2007-6262
A certain ActiveX control in axvlc.dll in VideoLAN VLC 0.8.6 before 0.8.6d allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted arguments to the (1) addTarget, (2) getVariable, or (3) setVariable function, resulting from a "bad initialized…
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 11.1%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
A certain ActiveX control in axvlc.dll in VideoLAN VLC 0.8.6 before 0.8.6d allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted arguments to the (1) addTarget, (2) getVariable, or (3) setVariable function, resulting from a "bad initialized pointer," aka a "recursive plugin release vulnerability."
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 11.12% probability · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 4 December 2007
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- videolan/vlc media player
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 11.1% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27878Vendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3420
- http://www.coresecurity.com/?action=item&id=2035
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/484563/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26675Exploit, Patch
- http://www.videolan.org/sa0703.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4061
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38816
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14280
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27878Vendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3420
- http://www.coresecurity.com/?action=item&id=2035
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/484563/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26675Exploit, Patch
- http://www.videolan.org/sa0703.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4061
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38816
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14280
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.