CVE-2017-10699
vlc - security update
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.68%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2017-10699
To remediate CVE-2017-10699, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/vlc—upgrade to 2.2.6-3 or later
- —upgrade to 2.2.7-1~deb8u1 or later
Is CVE-2017-10699 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.7%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 2.2.6-3
- from 0, < 2.2.7-1~deb8u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |