CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-17670
8.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-12-15
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-416
Description
In VideoLAN VLC media player through 2.2.8, there is a type conversion vulnerability in modules/demux/mp4/libmp4.c in the MP4 demux module leading to a invalid free, because the type of a box may be changed between a read operation and a free operation.
Affected configurations
• videolan vlc media player (<= 2.2.8)
• debian debian linux 9.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-416 Use After Free weakness
References
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/15/1 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102214 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040938 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4203 Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/15/1 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102214 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040938 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4203 Third Party Advisory