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CVE-2007-6262
Published: Dec 6, 2007
Modified: Aug 7, 2024
PUBLISHED
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."
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
vlcmediaplayer-activex-memory-overwrite(38816)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
http://www.videolan.org/sa0703.html
x_refsource_CONFIRM
ADV-2007-4061
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.coresecurity.com/?action=item&id=2035
x_refsource_MISC
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14280
vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_OVAL
27878
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
20071204 CORE-2007-1004: VLC Activex Bad Pointer Initialization Vulnerability
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
26675
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
3420
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SREASON
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