CVE-2007-6262
A certain ActiveX control in axvlc.dll in VideoLAN VLC 0.8.6 before 0.8.6d allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted…
- 6.8MediumCVSS base score
- 11.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.0% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
A certain ActiveX control in axvlc.dll in VideoLAN VLC 0.8.6 before 0.8.6d allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted arguments to the (1) addTarget, (2) getVariable, or (3) setVariable function, resulting from a "bad initialized pointer," aka a "recursive plugin release vulnerability."
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- VideoLAN VLC Media Player 0.86 < 0.86d - ActiveX Remote Bad Pointer Initialization (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 4688dos, windowspublished 4 Dec 2007Verified
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Timeline
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By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 17 years later
· 17 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 11.1% · top 4.0% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
9
- vlcmediaplayer-activex-memory-overwrite(38816) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.videolan.org/sa0703.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2007-4061 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://www.coresecurity.com/?action=item&id=2035 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14280 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 27878 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20071204 CORE-2007-1004: VLC Activex Bad Pointer Initialization Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 26675 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 3420 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2007-6230 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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