PT-2017-18832 · Videolan+1 · Vlc Media Player+1

Published 2017-05-29 · Updated 2017-06-06 · CVE-2017-9301

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions VLC media player version 2.2.4

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in an invalid read and application crash, or possibly have other unspecified impacts via a crafted file. This is due to a problem in the pluginsaudio filterlibmpgatofixed32 plugin.dll component of the VLC media player.

Recommendations For version 2.2.4, consider updating to a newer version to mitigate the risk, although the specific fixed version is not provided. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the use of the libmpgatofixed32 plugin.dll plugin until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-1685

CVE-2017-9301

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Vlc Media Player

References · 9

• 🔥 http://code610.blogspot.com/2017/04/multiple-crashes-in-vlc-224.html · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9301 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9301 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9301 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-9301 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-9301 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-9301 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9301 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/98746 · Note