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National Vulnerability Database

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NVD

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CVE-2007-6682 Detail

Description

Format string vulnerability in the httpd_FileCallBack function (network/httpd.c) in VideoLAN VLC 0.8.6d allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the Connection parameter.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/vlcboffs-adv.txt CVE, MITRE
http://osvdb.org/42208 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/28233 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/29284 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/29766 CVE, MITRE
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3550 CVE, MITRE
http://trac.videolan.org/vlc/changeset/23839 CVE, MITRE
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1543 CVE, MITRE
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-13.xml CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485488/30/0/threaded CVE, MITRE Exploit 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27015 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14790 CVE, MITRE
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5519 CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-6682
NVD Published Date:
01/16/2008
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE