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CVE-2007-6684: videolan vlc Improper Input Validation

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2007-6684
Published 17-01-2008Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2007-6684 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in videolan vlc. EPSS estimates a 2.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
20/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.23%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 17-01-2008
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.23%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

83%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.23% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
2.23%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • vlc< 0.8.6.c-4.1
Videolan1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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