CVE-2017-10699

avcodec 2.2.x, as used in VideoLAN VLC media player 2.2.7-x before 2017-06-29, allows out-of-bounds heap memory write due to calling memcpy() with a wrong size, leading to a denial of service (application crash) or possibly code execution.

Published: Jun 30, 2017
Updated: Apr 13, 2023
CVE: CVE-2017-10699
Severity: Critical
Exploit:

CVSS v3:

Severity: Critical
Score: 9.8
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2:

Severity: High
Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWEs:

CWE-787

Affected Software
References

Software	From	Fixed in
videolan / vlc_media_player	2.2.7	2.2.7.x
videolan / vlc_media_player	2.2.4	2.2.4.x
videolan / vlc_media_player	2.2.2	2.2.2.x
videolan / vlc_media_player	2.2.5.1	2.2.5.1.x
videolan / vlc_media_player	2.2.3	2.2.3.x
videolan / vlc_media_player	2.2.6	2.2.6.x
videolan / vlc_media_player	2.2.1	2.2.1.x
videolan / vlc_media_player	2.2.0	2.2.0.x
videolan / vlc_media_player	2.2.5	2.2.5.x

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038816
https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/18467
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4045

Vulnerability Database

289,697

CVE-2017-10699