| Name | CVE-2017-17670 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-4203-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| vlc (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2.2.7-1~deb8u1 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security) | 3.0.12-0+deb9u1 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 3.0.21-0+deb9u1 | fixed |
| buster, buster (lts) | 3.0.21-0+deb10u1 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 3.0.20-0+deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 3.0.21-0+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm (security), bookworm | 3.0.21-0+deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 3.0.21-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| vlc | source | wheezy | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| vlc | source | jessie | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| vlc | source | stretch | 3.0.2-0+deb9u1 | | DSA-4203-1 | |
| vlc | source | (unstable) | 3.0.0~rc2-1 | | | |
Notes
[jessie] - vlc <end-of-life> (See DSA-4203-1)
[wheezy] - vlc <end-of-life> (Not supported in wheezy LTS)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/15/1
POC: https://gist.github.com/dyntopia/194d912287656f66dd502158b0cd2e68