Out-of-bounds Write Affecting vlc package, versions <2.1.6-0ubuntu14.04.5+esm1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.43% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-VLC-360424
  • published30 Jun 2017
  • disclosed30 Jun 2017

Introduced: 30 Jun 2017

CVE-2017-10699  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 vlc to version 2.1.6-0ubuntu14.04.5+esm1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream vlc package and not the vlc package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.