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CVE-2017-10699

Published: Jun 30, 2017Updated: May 13, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDU csafCWE-787
9.8CRITICAL
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
4.5%
Top 9.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

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.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-787

Affected Products

videolan
oss-project·FRaka vlc
vlc media playerOn-premDesktop App
Consumer Software / media-player
VideoLan Technologies Inc.
oss-project·FRaka vlc, videolan, libx264, dav1d
VideoLAN Media PlayerMixed
Consumer Software / media-player
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

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