MGASA-2017-0433

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    MGASA-2017-0433

    Published: 29 Nov 2017Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-10699

    Summary: Updated vlc packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: avcodec 2.2.x, as used in VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.2.7, 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 (CVE-2017-10699). The VLC packages have been updated to version 2.2.8, which includes various security improvements in decoders and demuxers, as well as other bug fixes.

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0433.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22095, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21801, https://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-2.2.git;a=blob;f=NEWS;h=d9b31b4e5362c7d764f3e6b23b78aaeb0b8bf868;hb=3cc1d8cba982fc988c2a421e42408bb05d1ba37f, https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4045

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: vlc

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/vlc?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.2.8-1.0.mga5.tainted

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High