gsd-2007-6262
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2023-12-13 01:21
Details
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."
Aliases
Aliases
CVE-2007-6262


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