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critical 9.8

CVE-2017-18201 json

An issue was discovered in GNU libcdio before 2.0.0.

published 2018-02-26 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-9334

cvss
9.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.3%
EPSS 3.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 88%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • gnu libcdio 2.0.0
  • libcdio Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.0.0-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-18201

  • libcdio RHEL 7 0.92-3.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2018:3246

  • libcdio SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 0.94-6.3.1
  • libcdio SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 +8 more 0.90-6.3.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2018:2236-1SUSE-SU-2018:0673-1

  • libcdio Arch Linux 2.0.0-1

arch linux advisories AVG-641

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-18201 updated cvss 2.8

libcdio: Double free in get_cdtext_generic() in lib/driver/_cdio_generic.c

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) libcdio 0.92-3.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) libcdio-devel 0.92-3.el7, libcdio-debuginfo 0.92-3.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) libcdio 0.92-3.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7) libcdio 0.92-3.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7) libcdio-devel 0.92-3.el7, libcdio-debuginfo 0.92-3.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) libcdio 0.92-3.el7
    +3 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) libcdio-devel 0.92-3.el7, libcdio-debuginfo 0.92-3.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) libcdio 0.92-3.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) libcdio-devel 0.92-3.el7, libcdio-debuginfo 0.92-3.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:3246
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libcdio Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 libcdio
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

3.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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