CVE-2017-10699
CRITICALVideoLAN VLC media player 2.2.7-x - Out-of-bounds Write via memcpy()
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038816
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4045
Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/18467
Scores
CVSS v3
9.8
EPSS
0.0448
EPSS Percentile
90.4%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-787
Status
published
Products (9)
videolan/vlc_media_player
2.2.0
videolan/vlc_media_player
2.2.1
videolan/vlc_media_player
2.2.2
videolan/vlc_media_player
2.2.3
videolan/vlc_media_player
2.2.4
videolan/vlc_media_player
2.2.5
videolan/vlc_media_player
2.2.5.1
videolan/vlc_media_player
2.2.6
videolan/vlc_media_player
2.2.7
Published
Jun 30, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026