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CVE-2017-17670

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-12-15 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-416

Description

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.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 9.0
• VideoLAN VLC: through 2.2.8

References

• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/15/1
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102214
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040938
• https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4203
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/15/1
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102214
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040938
• https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4203

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