Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 12, 2008· Updated Apr 23, 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.
Affected products
24cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 23 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
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