What is CVE-2017-9300?

CVE-2017-9300 is a high-severity vulnerability in Videolan Vlc_media_player, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-05-29.

How severe is CVE-2017-9300?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Videolan Vlc_media_player

CVE-2017-9300

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.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.003 (56.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Videolan Vlc_media_player
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-9300?: CVE-2017-9300 is a high-severity vulnerability in Videolan Vlc_media_player, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-05-29.
How severe is CVE-2017-9300?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.