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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 12, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2008-2147

CVE-2008-2147

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in VideoLAN VLC before 0.9.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a malicious library under the modules/ or plugins/ subdirectories of the current working directory.

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Affected products

25
  • VideoLAN/Vlc25 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 24 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=0.8.6
    • cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.5.1a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.8.4a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.8.6a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.8.6b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.8.6c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.8.6d:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.8.6e:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: <0.9.0

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