MEDIUM
The RTSP module in VideoLAN VLC 0.8.6d allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a request without a Transport parameter, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference
Published Jan 17, 2008
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.23%
Description
The RTSP module in VideoLAN VLC 0.8.6d allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a request without a Transport parameter, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.23% 0.02234
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02234
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.23% (0.02234) | 82.16th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.23% (0.02234) | 80.42th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.95% (0.00952) | 74.80th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.83% (0.01834) | 88.76th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 20, 2024 | 1.36% (0.01363) | 86.30th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 3, 2024 | 1.27% (0.01271) | 85.57th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.27% (0.01271) | 83.53th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 17, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 64.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 40.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (5)
- http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-devel/2007-September/034722.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29284 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://trac.videolan.org/vlc/changeset/22023 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-13.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14876 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-devel/2007-September/034722.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/29284 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://trac.videolan.org/vlc/changeset/22023 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-13.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14876 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jan 17, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jan 16, 2008
Link CVE-2007-6684
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a