Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 6, 2007· Updated Jun 16, 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."
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Affected products
4cpe: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
Vulnerability mechanics
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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