Vulnerability CVE-2017-17670

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2017-17670 (CCN-136409)

Assigned:

2017-12-15

Published:

2017-12-15

Updated:

2019-04-26

Summary:

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.

CVSS v3 Severity:

8.8 High (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
7.7 High (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:R)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): High Integrity (I): High Availibility (A): High

7.5 High (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
6.6 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:R)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): High

CVSS v2 Severity:

6.8 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Medium Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Partial Integrity (I): Partial Availibility (A): Partial

7.8 High (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Low Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): Complete

Vulnerability Type:

CWE-416

Vulnerability Consequences:

Denial of Service

References:

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2017-17670

Source: MISC
Type: Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/15/1

Source: CCN
Type: Full-Disclosure Mailing List, Fri, 15 Dec 2017 05:28:45 -0500
Re: [oss-security] CVE-2017-17670: vlc: type conversion vulnerability

Source: BID
Type: Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
102214

Source: CCN
Type: BID-102214
VideoLAN VLC 'mp4/libmp4.c' Denial of Service Vulnerability

Source: SECTRACK
Type: Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
1040938

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
videolan-cve201717670-dos(136409)

Source: DEBIAN
Type: Third Party Advisory
DSA-4203

Source: CCN
Type: VideoLAN Web site
VLC media player

Source: CCN
Type: WhiteSource Vulnerability Database
CVE-2017-17670

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration 1:

cpe:/a:videolan:vlc_media_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version <= 2.2.8)

Configuration 2:

cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration CCN 1:

cpe:/a:videolan:vlc_media_player:2.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Denotes that component is vulnerable

Oval Definitions

Definition ID	Class	Title	Last Modified
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:2017176700000000	V	CVE-2017-17670 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.	2017-12-15
oval:com.ubuntu.artful:def:201717670000	V	CVE-2017-17670 on Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) - untriaged.	2017-12-15
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201717670000	V	CVE-2017-17670 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.	2017-12-15
oval:com.ubuntu.disco:def:2017176700000000	V	CVE-2017-17670 on Ubuntu 19.04 (disco) - medium.	2017-12-15
oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:201717670000	V	CVE-2017-17670 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.	2017-12-15
oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:2017176700000000	V	CVE-2017-17670 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.	2017-12-15
oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:201717670000	V	CVE-2017-17670 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.	2017-12-15
oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:2017176700000000	V	CVE-2017-17670 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.	2017-12-15
oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:201717670000	V	CVE-2017-17670 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - medium.	2017-12-15

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