vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-4805-1 (CVE-2017-10699): VLC vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Jun 30, 2017 | Mar 22, 2023 | Aug 18, 2025 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jun 30, 2017
Added
Mar 22, 2023
Modified
Aug 18, 2025
Description
It was discovered that VLC mishandled certain crafted media files. An
attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a denial of service (crash)
or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.
(CVE-2017-10699)
It was discovered that VLC mishandled certain crafted MKV files. An
attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a denial of service (crash)
or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-11529)
Solutions
ubuntu-pro-upgrade-libvlc5ubuntu-pro-upgrade-libvlccore7ubuntu-pro-upgrade-vlcubuntu-pro-upgrade-vlc-dataubuntu-pro-upgrade-vlc-noxubuntu-pro-upgrade-vlc-plugin-fluidsynthubuntu-pro-upgrade-vlc-plugin-jackubuntu-pro-upgrade-vlc-plugin-notifyubuntu-pro-upgrade-vlc-plugin-pulseubuntu-pro-upgrade-vlc-plugin-sdlubuntu-pro-upgrade-vlc-plugin-svgubuntu-pro-upgrade-vlc-plugin-zvbi
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