CVE-2007-0017
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-134
- EPSS score
- 12.4% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-0021)
- Published
- January 3, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-0021 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- videolan / vlc media player
- videolan / vlc media player
- videolan / vlc media player
- videolan / vlc media player
- videolan / vlc media player
- videolan / vlc media player
- videolan / vlc media player
- videolan / vlc media player
- videolan / vlc media player
- videolan / vlc media player
References
- 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://osvdb.org/31163
- http://projects.info-pull.com/moab/MOAB-02-01-2007.html(Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23592(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23829(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23910(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23971(Vendor Advisory)
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-24.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017464
- http://trac.videolan.org/vlc/changeset/18481
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1252
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_13_xine.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21852
- http://www.via.ecp.fr/via/ml/vlc-devel/2007-01/msg00005.html
- http://www.videolan.org/patches/vlc-0.8.6-MOAB-02-01-2007.patch(Patch)
- http://www.videolan.org/sa0701.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0026(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31226
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14313
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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