UBUNTU-CVE-2017-10699

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-10699

    Published: 30 Jun 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-10699
    Aliases:
    USN-4805-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-10699, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-10699, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4805-1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: vlc

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.1.6-0ubuntu14.04.5+esm1

    Affected versions

    2.0.8-1

    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