National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-6681

Overview

Stack-based buffer overflow in modules/demux/subtitle.c in VideoLAN VLC 0.8.6d allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long subtitle in a (1) MicroDvd, (2) SSA, and (3) Vplayer file.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20071224 Buffer-overflow and format string in VideoLAN VLC 0.8.6d

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485488/30/0/threaded

External Source: MILW0RM

Name: 5667

Hyperlink:http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/5667

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 28233

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28233

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14334

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14334

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 42207

Hyperlink:http://osvdb.org/42207

External Source: MLIST

Name: [vlc-devel] 20070630 vlc: svn commit r20715 (fenrir)

Hyperlink:http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-devel/2007-June/033394.html

External Source: MLIST

Name: [vlc-devel] 20070626 subtitle processing overflows

Hyperlink:http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-devel/2007-June/032672.html

External Source: MISC

Name: http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/vlcboffs-adv.txt

Hyperlink:http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/vlcboffs-adv.txt

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.videolan.org/security/sa0801.php

Hyperlink:http://www.videolan.org/security/sa0801.php

External Source: BID

Name: 27015

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27015

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-200803-13

Hyperlink:http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-13.xml

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1543

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1543

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://wiki.videolan.org/Changelog/0.8.6f

Hyperlink:http://wiki.videolan.org/Changelog/0.8.6f

External Source: SREASON

Name: 3550

Hyperlink:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3550

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-200804-25

Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-25.xml

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 29800

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29800

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 29766

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29766

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 29284

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29284

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14334

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14334