CVE-2007-6684

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: 2008-01-16 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2007-6684 is rated Moderate Risk (49.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.23%). EPSS rose +1.35% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-6684

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.89% 2.23% +1.35%
2 2025-12-02 0.95% 0.89% -0.07%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.95% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-6684

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-6684

OS Trackers for CVE-2007-6684

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2007-6684 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (vlc), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-6684
gentoo high CVE-2007-6684: 1 GLSA(s) (200803-13), 1 atom(s) (media-video/vlc); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2007-6684
ubuntu low CVE-2007-6684 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (vlc), 9 status rows across 9 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): released 5, ignored 4. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-6684

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-6684

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
videolan vlc 0.8.6d cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.8.6d:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-6684

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