CVE-2007-6681
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 17.3%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 17.3% (97th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-6645)
- Published
- January 17, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-6645 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- videolan / vlc
References
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/vlcboffs-adv.txt
- http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-devel/2007-June/032672.html
- http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-devel/2007-June/033394.html
- http://osvdb.org/42207
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28233
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29284
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29766
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29800
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-25.xml
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3550
- http://wiki.videolan.org/Changelog/0.8.6f
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1543
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-13.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485488/30/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27015
- http://www.videolan.org/security/sa0801.php
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14334
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5667
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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