PT-2017-14946 · Videolan+1 · Vlc Media Player+1

Hans Jerry Illikainen · Published 2017-06-02 · Updated 2019-04-26 · CVE-2017-17670

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions VideoLAN VLC media player versions prior to 2.2.8

Description The issue is related to a type conversion vulnerability in the MP4 demux module, specifically in the libmp4.c file. This vulnerability can lead to an invalid free operation because the type of a box may be changed between a read operation and a free operation.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.2.8, update to version 2.2.8 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the MP4 demux module until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-1685

CVE-2017-17670

DSA-4203-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Vlc Media Player

References · 13

• 🔥 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/15/1 · Exploit
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17670 · Vendor Advisory
• https://debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4203 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17670 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-17670 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17670 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17670 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-4203-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17670 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17670 · Security Note
• https://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/15/5 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/102214 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1040938 · Note