7.8
CVSSv2

CVE-2007-0256

Published: 16/01/2007 Updated: 11/10/2017
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.8 | Impact Score: 6.9 | Exploitability Score: 10
VMScore: 790
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

VideoLAN VLC 0.8.6a allows remote malicious users to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted .wmv file.

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videolan vlc media player 0.8.6a

Vendor Advisories

Debian Bug report logs - #429726 vlc: Multiple format string vulnerabilities (VideoLAN-SA-0207) Package: vlc; Maintainer for vlc is Debian Multimedia Maintainers <debian-multimedia@listsdebianorg>; Source for vlc is src:vlc (PTS, buildd, popcon) Reported by: Rémi Denis-Courmont <rdenis@simphalempincom> Date: Tue, ...
Debian Bug report logs - #407290 CVE-2007-0256: vlc: Media Player Unspecified Denial Of Service Vulnerability Package: vlc; Maintainer for vlc is Debian Multimedia Maintainers <debian-multimedia@listsdebianorg>; Source for vlc is src:vlc (PTS, buildd, popcon) Reported by: Alex de Oliveira Silva <enerv@hostsk> Date ...

Exploits

print "-----------------------------------------------------------------------" print "# VLC media player 086a Denial of Service" print "# author: shinnai" print "# mail: shinnai[at]autistici[dot]org" print "# site: shinnaialtervistaorg" print "# soundtrack: Territorial pissing (Nirvana)" print "# Tested on Windows xp Professional SP2 al ...
source: wwwsecurityfocuscom/bid/22003/info VLC Media Player is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently handle user-supplied data Exploiting this issue can allow an attacker to crash the application, effectively denying service to the user VLC Media Player 086a is vulnerable; other versions may als ...