CVE-2007-6684 — Improper Input Validation in VLC

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation5 documents5 sources
Severity
5.0MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.9%
top 24.66%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Videolan VLC Media PlayerVideolan VLC
Timeline
PublishedJan 17
Latest updateMay 1

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 vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:N/I:N/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Debianvideolan/vlc_media_player< 0.8.6.c-4.1+3
▶NVDvideolan/vlc0.8.6d

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-wrpc-hp74-59hv: The RTSP module in VideoLAN VLC 0↗2022-05-01
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CVEList
CVE-2007-6684: The RTSP module in VideoLAN VLC 0↗2008-01-17
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OSV
CVE-2007-6684: The RTSP module in VideoLAN VLC 0↗2008-01-17
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2007-6684: vlc - The RTSP module in VideoLAN VLC 0.8.6d allows remote attackers to cause a denial...↗2007
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CVE-2007-6684 — Improper Input Validation in VLC | cvebase