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ubuntu-cve-2017-17670

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2017-12-15 09:29

Modified

2026-04-22 07:38

Summary

Details

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.

Severity

8.8 (High)


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

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17670	REPORT
	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/15/1	REPORT
	http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/15/1	REPORT
	https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/…	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17670	REPORT

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  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:38:25Z",
  "published": "2017-12-15T09:29:00Z",
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
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    }
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  ]
}

CVE-2017-17670 (GCVE-0-2017-17670)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-12-15 09:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 20:59

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

4 references

URL	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102214	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040938	vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4203	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/15/1	x_refsource_MISC

Date Public

2017-12-15 00:00

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Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2017-17670 (GCVE-0-2017-17670)

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