# CVE-2007-6262: Memory corruption in n/a

> Remote attackers can execute arbitrary code via crafted arguments to ActiveX controls in VLC media player, requiring user interaction to trigger the vulnerability.

- **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:** No
- **Published:** 6 Dec 2007
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-crj9-mr7m-c86x

## What is CVE-2007-6262?

CVE-2007-6262 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Videolan Vlc Media Player, published on 6 Dec 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

A certain ActiveX control in axvlc.dll in VideoLAN VLC 0.8.6 before 0.8.6d allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted arguments to the (1) addTarget, (2) getVariable, or (3) setVariable function, resulting from a "bad initialized pointer," aka a "recursive plugin release vulnerability."

Weakness: CWE-119 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-6262?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Videolan Vlc Media Player.

## How do I fix CVE-2007-6262?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-6262 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2007-6262 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2007-6262 exists.

Public exploit code:

- VideoLAN VLC Media Player 0.86 < 0.86d - ActiveX Remote Bad Pointer Initialization (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-2007-6262 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2007-6262 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Videolan Vlc Media Player, published on 6 Dec 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-2007-6262 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-2007-6262/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-6262/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-6262
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-6262
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2007-6262

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