CVE-2007-6681
Stack-based buffer overflow in modules/demux/subtitle.c in VideoLAN VLC 0.8.6d allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long subtitle in a (1) MicroDvd, (2) SSA, and (3) Vplayer file.
02 Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in modules/demux/subtitle.c in VideoLAN VLC 0.8.6d allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long subtitle in a (1) MicroDvd, (2) SSA, and (3) Vplayer file.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 17.29% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 96.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-01-17 00:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 16:18Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-01-16
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 38046f65bc22b4b151d17f2e44d9ef5d32fe1411839b5156755a676af95dfcaf
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com29284http://secunia.com/advisories/29284
- www.debian.orgDSA-1543http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1543
- securityreason.com3550http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3550
- www.exploit-db.com5667https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5667
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:14334https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14334
- www.videolan.orghttp://www.videolan.org/security/sa0801.php
- secunia.com28233http://secunia.com/advisories/28233
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200804-25http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-25.xml
- www.securityfocus.com27015http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27015
- mailman.videolan.org[vlc-devel] 20070630 vlc: svn commit r20715 (fenrir)http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-devel/2007-June/033394.html
- wiki.videolan.orghttp://wiki.videolan.org/Changelog/0.8.6f
- secunia.com29800http://secunia.com/advisories/29800
- mailman.videolan.org[vlc-devel] 20070626 subtitle processing overflowshttp://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-devel/2007-June/032672.html
- www.securityfocus.com20071224 Buffer-overflow and format string in VideoLAN VLC 0.8.6dhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485488/30/0/threaded
- secunia.com29766http://secunia.com/advisories/29766
- osvdb.org42207http://osvdb.org/42207
- aluigi.altervista.orghttp://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/vlcboffs-adv.txt
- www.gentoo.orgGLSA-200803-13http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-13.xml
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- vlc Fixed in 0.8.6.c-4.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- vlc Fixed in 0.8.6.c-4.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- vlc Fixed in 0.8.6.c-4.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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