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CVE-2007-6683 Details

Description

The browser plugin in VideoLAN VLC 0.8.6d allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via (1) the :demuxdump-file option in a filename in a playlist, or (2) a EXTVLCOPT statement in an MP3 file, possibly an argument injection vulnerability.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-devel/2007-December/037726.html	CVE	Exploit
http://osvdb.org/42205	CVE
http://osvdb.org/42206	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/29284	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/29766	CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14619	CVE
https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/changeset/23197	CVE
https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/1371	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1543	CVE
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-13.xml	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28712	CVE
http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-devel/2007-December/037726.html	[email protected]	Exploit
http://osvdb.org/42205	[email protected]
http://osvdb.org/42206	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/29284	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/29766	[email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14619	[email protected]
https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/changeset/23197	[email protected]
https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/1371	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1543	[email protected]
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-13.xml	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28712	[email protected]

see all 22 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
videolan vlc	0.8.6d
CPE cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.8.6d:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 29, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 17, 2008	Initial Analysis	[email protected]