CVE-2007-0256

medium

Description

VideoLAN VLC 0.8.6a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted .wmv file.

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14698

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31515

http://wiki.videolan.org/Changelog/0.8.6b

http://osvdb.org/39022

http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/22003.py

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2007-01-16

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.11522