CVE-2008-2147

NameCVE-2008-2147
DescriptionUntrusted search path vulnerability in VideoLAN VLC before 0.9.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a malicious library under the modules/ or plugins/ subdirectories of the current working directory.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-1819-1, DTSA-132-1
Debian Bugs480724

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
vlc (PTS)buster, buster (security)3.0.17.4-0+deb10u1fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye3.0.17.4-0+deb11u1fixed
bookworm, sid3.0.17.4-4fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
vlcsourceetch0.8.6-svn20061012.debian-5.1+etch3DSA-1819-1
vlcsourcelenny0.8.6.c-6+lenny5DTSA-132-1
vlcsource(unstable)0.8.6.e-2.2low480724

Notes

https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/1578
https://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git;a=commit;h=c7cef4fdd8dd72ce0a45be3cda8ba98df5e83181
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