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."
The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38816 | vdb entry |
| http://www.videolan.org/sa0703.html | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4061 | vdb entry |
| http://www.coresecurity.com/?action=item&id=2035 | |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14280 | vdb entry signature |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/27878 | third party advisory vendor advisory |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/484563/100/0/threaded | mailing list |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26675 | exploit vdb entry patch |
| http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3420 | third party advisory |