CVE-2017-9300

Debian Security Advisory 4045-1

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

plugins\codec\libflac_plugin.dll in VideoLAN VLC media player 2.2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap corruption and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted FLAC file.

Plugins/codec/libflac_plugin.dll en VideoLAN VLC media player 2.2.4 permitiría un atacante remoto causar una denegación de servicio (corrupción de memoria dinámica -heap- y fallo de aplicación) o posiblemente tener otro impacto no especificado a través de un archivo FLAC especialmente diseñado.

Several vulnerabilities have been found in VLC, the VideoLAN project's media player. Processing malformed media files could lead to denial of service and potentially the execution of arbitrary code.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

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

2017-05-29 CVE Reserved
2017-05-29 CVE Published
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
2024-08-05 First Exploit
2025-05-04 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98747	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC
http://code610.blogspot.com/2017/04/multiple-crashes-in-vlc-224.html	2024-08-05

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4045	2017-11-23

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"				<= 2.2.4 Search vendor "Videolan" for product "Vlc Media Player" and version " <= 2.2.4"		-		Affected