CVE-2017-9300

Published: May 29, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

7.8

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

Description

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Videolan: Vlc Media Player

Videolan

1 product

Vlc Media Player

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Videolan Vlc Media Player	Up to 2.2.4

Related CWEs

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (6)

http://code610.blogspot.com/2017/04/multiple-crashes-in-vlc-224.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

ExploitThird Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98747

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4045

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://code610.blogspot.com/2017/04/multiple-crashes-in-vlc-224.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

ExploitThird Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98747

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4045

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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