CVE-2008-2147
N/A
Published: May 12, 2008 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:53 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorVlc
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
Untrusted 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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (5)
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c7cef4fdd8dd72ce0a45be3cda8ba98df5e83181Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-13.xmlVDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42377Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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