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CVE-2017-9300

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-05-29 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

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 products

• VideoLAN VLC: through 2.2.4

References

• http://code610.blogspot.com/2017/04/multiple-crashes-in-vlc-224.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98747
• https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4045
• http://code610.blogspot.com/2017/04/multiple-crashes-in-vlc-224.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98747
• https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4045

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