9.3
CRITICAL
CVE-2007-3316
VLC Media Player Format String Vulnerability
Description

Multiple format string vulnerabilities in plugins in VideoLAN VLC Media Player before 0.8.6c allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in (1) an Ogg/Vorbis file, (2) an Ogg/Theora file, (3) a CDDB entry for a CD Digital Audio (CDDA) file, or (4) Service Announce Protocol (SAP) multicast packets.

INFO

Published Date :

June 21, 2007, 6:30 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 9, 2025, 12:30 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2007-3316 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Videolan vlc_media_player
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2007-3316.

URL Resource
http://osvdb.org/37379
http://osvdb.org/37380
http://osvdb.org/37381
http://osvdb.org/37382
http://secunia.com/advisories/25753 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25980
http://secunia.com/advisories/26269
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200707-12.xml
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1332
http://www.isecpartners.com/advisories/2007-001-vlc.txt
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/200928 US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471933/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24555
http://www.videolan.org/sa0702.html Patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2262
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14600
http://osvdb.org/37379
http://osvdb.org/37380
http://osvdb.org/37381
http://osvdb.org/37382
http://secunia.com/advisories/25753 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25980
http://secunia.com/advisories/26269
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200707-12.xml
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1332
http://www.isecpartners.com/advisories/2007-001-vlc.txt
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/200928 US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471933/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24555
http://www.videolan.org/sa0702.html Patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2262
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14600

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2007-3316 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2007-3316 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://osvdb.org/37379
    Added Reference http://osvdb.org/37380
    Added Reference http://osvdb.org/37381
    Added Reference http://osvdb.org/37382
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/25753
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/25980
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/26269
    Added Reference http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200707-12.xml
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1332
    Added Reference http://www.isecpartners.com/advisories/2007-001-vlc.txt
    Added Reference http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/200928
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471933/100/0/threaded
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24555
    Added Reference http://www.videolan.org/sa0702.html
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2262
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14600
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 16, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/471933/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471933/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 11, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14600 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14600 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 22, 2007

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2007-3316 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2007-3316 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

46.19 }} -1.62%

score

0.97385

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
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