Use After Free Affecting vlc package, versions <3.0.0~rc2-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.17% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-VLC-532830
  • published15 Dec 2017
  • disclosed15 Dec 2017

Introduced: 15 Dec 2017

CVE-2017-17670  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 vlc to version 3.0.0~rc2-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream vlc package and not the vlc package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.