CVE-2007-6684
The RTSP module in VideoLAN VLC 0.8.6d allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a request without a Transport parameter, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.
02 Description
The RTSP module in VideoLAN VLC 0.8.6d allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a request without a Transport parameter, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.
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
- 2.23% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 82.2% 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-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- d1c443dc416656d4f30539c74ff529472465210a694acb9e14cae62d6fcc623d
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com29284http://secunia.com/advisories/29284
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:14876https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14876
- mailman.videolan.org[vlc-devel] 20070915 vlc: svn commit r22023 (courmisch)http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-devel/2007-September/034722.html
- trac.videolan.orghttp://trac.videolan.org/vlc/changeset/22023
- 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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