vulnerability
Arch Linux: Arbitrary code execution (CVE-2017-10699)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Jun 30, 2017 | Jul 11, 2025 | Mar 25, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jun 30, 2017
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026
Description
It was discovered that 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.
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
- CVE-2017-10699
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2017-10699
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038816
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2017-2345
- https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201712-4
- https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/18467
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4045
- CWE-787
- EUVD-EUVD-2017-2345
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