vulnerability

Ubuntu: (CVE-2017-17670): vlc vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Dec 15, 2017
Added
Jun 26, 2025
Modified
Jul 28, 2025

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.

Solution

no-fix-ubuntu-package
Title
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