CVE-2017-9300

Publication date 29 May 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

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.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
vlc	17.04 zesty	Fixed 2.2.4-14ubuntu2.2
	16.10 yakkety	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.4
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 2.1.6-0ubuntu14.04.4

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
vlc	Upstream: https://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-2.2.git;a=commit;h=55a82442cfea9dab8b853f3a4610f2880c5fadf3

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 7.8 · High

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.8 · High
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H