What is CVE-2017-18201?

CVE-2017-18201 is a critical-severity vulnerability in GNU Libcdio, classified under Double Free. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-02-26.

How severe is CVE-2017-18201?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Double Free in GNU Libcdio

CVE-2017-18201

An issue was discovered in GNU libcdio before 2.0.0. There is a double free in get_cdtext_generic() in lib/driver/_cdio_generic.c.

Vulnerability class: Double Free

Published 2018-02-26 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.032 (87.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 87.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.032 · newest: 0.032 · change: 0.000

Affected products

GNU Libcdio

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-415 — Double Free

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/103190 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/libcdio.git/commit/ (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3246 (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-18201?: CVE-2017-18201 is a critical-severity vulnerability in GNU Libcdio, classified under Double Free. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-02-26.
How severe is CVE-2017-18201?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.