PT-2017-3891 · Videolan+1 · Vlc Media Player+2

Published 2017-05-29 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2017-9300

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 VideoLAN VLC media player version 2.2.4

Description The issue is related to a buffer overflow in the pluginscodeclibflac plugin.dll library of the VideoLAN VLC media player. This can be exploited by attackers using a crafted FLAC file, potentially allowing them to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap corruption and application crash).

Recommendations For version 2.2.4, consider updating to a newer version that addresses this issue, as the current version is affected by the buffer overflow vulnerability in the libflac plugin.dll library. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-1685

BDU:2019-04182

CVE-2017-9300

DSA-4045-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11502-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Vlc Media Player

Libflac Plugin.Dll

References · 33

• 🔥 http://code610.blogspot.com/2017/04/multiple-crashes-in-vlc-224.html · Exploit
• https://debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4045 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-4045-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9300 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9300 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-9300 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-04182 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-9300 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:11502-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wiki.astralinux.ru/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=44892734 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-9300 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9300 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9300 · Vendor Advisory
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-14498 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-19857 · Note