CVE-2007-6684
The RTSP module in VideoLAN VLC 0.8.6d allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service ...
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.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
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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.
- Record
CVE-2007-6684- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score
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.
- Record
CVE-2007-6684- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2007-6648No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2007-6648- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wrpc-hp74-59hvNo score
The RTSP module in VideoLAN VLC 0.8.6d allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service ...
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.
- Record
GHSA-wrpc-hp74-59hv- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVNo score
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.
- Record
CVE-2007-6684- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2007-6684No score
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.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2007-6684- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
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| facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| affected, aliases, facts, references, title | GitHub Advisories, OSV | |
| first indexed | CVE List, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2007-6684 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Videolan Vlc, published January 17, 2008. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.23%, the 83rd percentile. Fixed in vlc 0.8.6.c-4.1.
References
secunia.com/advisories/29284
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14876
mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-devel/2007-September/034722.html
trac.videolan.org/vlc/changeset/22023
gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-13.xml
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-6684
github.com/advisories/GHSA-wrpc-hp74-59hv
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-6684