CVE-2017-17670

Debian Security Advisory 4203-1

Severity Score

8.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

En VideoLAN VLC media player, hasta la versión 2.2.8, hay una vulnerabilidad de conversión de tipos en modules/demux/mp4/libmp4.c en el módulo MP4 demux que conduce a una liberación no válida. Esto se debe a que el tipo de una caja podría cambiarse entre una operación de lectura y una de liberación.

Hans Jerry Illikainen discovered a type conversion vulnerability in the MP4 demuxer of the VLC media player, which could result in the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed media file is played.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2017-12-13 CVE Reserved
2017-12-15 CVE Published
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
2024-08-05 First Exploit
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-416: Use After Free

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102214	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040938	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/15/1	2024-08-05

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4203	2019-04-26

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Videolan Search vendor "Videolan"		Vlc Media Player Search vendor "Videolan" for product "Vlc Media Player"				<= 2.2.8 Search vendor "Videolan" for product "Vlc Media Player" and version " <= 2.2.8"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				9.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "9.0"		-		Affected