7.5 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
7.5 High
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.722 High
EPSS
Percentile
98.1%
Format string vulnerability in the httpd_FileCallBack function (network/httpd.c) in VideoLAN VLC 0.8.6d allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the Connection parameter.
aluigi.altervista.org/adv/vlcboffs-adv.txt
osvdb.org/42208
secunia.com/advisories/28233
secunia.com/advisories/29284
secunia.com/advisories/29766
securityreason.com/securityalert/3550
trac.videolan.org/vlc/changeset/23839
www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1543
www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-13.xml
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485488/30/0/threaded
www.securityfocus.com/bid/27015
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14790
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5519