# CVE-2007-0017: Other in n/a

> Format string vulnerabilities in VLC media player allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malicious M3U files.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 3 Jan 2007
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2007-0017, DSA-1252-1, GHSA-xh7p-83h3-2grw

## What is CVE-2007-0017?

CVE-2007-0017 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Videolan Vlc Media Player, published on 3 Jan 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Multiple format string vulnerabilities in (1) the cdio_log_handler function in modules/access/cdda/access.c in the CDDA (libcdda_plugin) plugin, and the (2) cdio_log_handler and (3) vcd_log_handler functions in modules/access/vcdx/access.c in the VCDX (libvcdx_plugin) plugin, in VideoLAN VLC 0.7.0 through 0.8.6 allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in an invalid URI, as demonstrated by a udp://-- URI in an M3U file.

Weakness: CWE-134 (Use of Externally-Controlled Format String)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-0017?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Videolan Vlc Media Player.

## How do I fix CVE-2007-0017?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2007-0017 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2007-0017 exists.

Public exploit code:

- VideoLAN VLC Media Player 0.8.6 (PPC) - 'udp://' Format String (PoC) (exploitdb)
- VideoLAN VLC Media Player 0.8.6 (x86) - 'udp://' Format String (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in Videolan Vlc Media Player

- [CVE-2008-0296](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-0296/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2023-47359](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-47359/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-12874](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-12874/): Use after free in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-10699](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-10699/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2013-1868](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-1868/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2007-0017 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2007-0017 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Videolan Vlc Media Player, published on 3 Jan 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2007-0017 exists.

Affected product: Videolan Vlc Media Player. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-0017/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-0017/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-0017
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-0017
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2007-0017

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-0017/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.