Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 6, 2007· Updated Apr 23, 2026
CVE-2007-6262
CVE-2007-6262
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."
Affected products
3cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:0.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:0.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:0.8.6a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:0.8.6b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
9- www.securityfocus.com/bid/26675nvdExploitPatch
- secunia.com/advisories/27878nvdVendor Advisory
- securityreason.com/securityalert/3420nvd
- www.coresecurity.comnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/484563/100/0/threadednvd
- www.videolan.org/sa0703.htmlnvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4061nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38816nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14280nvd
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