CVE-2017-10699

critical

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.

References

https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4045

https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/18467

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038816

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-06-30

Updated: 2017-11-23

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical