CVE-2017-9300

HIGH

VideoLAN VLC media player <2.2.4 - DoS

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98747
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://code610.blogspot.com/2017/04/multiple-crashes-in-vlc-224.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4045

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0328
EPSS Percentile 87.0%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (1)
videolan/vlc_media_player < 2.2.4
Published May 29, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026