| Name | CVE-2007-6683 |
| Description | The browser plugin in VideoLAN VLC 0.8.6d allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via (1) the :demuxdump-file option in a filename in a playlist, or (2) a EXTVLCOPT statement in an MP3 file, possibly an argument injection vulnerability. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-1543-1, DTSA-132-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 458318, 480370 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| vlc (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2.2.7-1~deb8u1 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 3.0.12-0+deb9u1 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 3.0.20-0+deb9u1 | fixed |
| buster | 3.0.17.4-0+deb10u1 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 3.0.20-0+deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 3.0.20-0+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm (security), bookworm | 3.0.20-0+deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 3.0.20-4 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
the plugin is in the same srcpkg but has its own implementation for VLCOPT
see https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/1371