Use After Free The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package vlc  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1904-VLC-658079
  • 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)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:19.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream vlc package and not the vlc package as distributed by Ubuntu.

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.