| Name | CVE-2017-10699 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-4045-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| vlc (PTS) | bullseye (security), bullseye | 3.0.21-0+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 3.0.21-0+deb12u1 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 3.0.21-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vlc | source | wheezy | (unfixed) | end-of-life | ||
| vlc | source | jessie | 2.2.7-1~deb8u1 | DSA-4045-1 | ||
| vlc | source | stretch | 2.2.7-1~deb9u1 | DSA-4045-1 | ||
| vlc | source | (unstable) | 2.2.6-3 |
[wheezy] - vlc <end-of-life> (Not supported in wheezy LTS)
https://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-2.2.git;a=commitdiff;h=6cc73bcad19da2cd2e95671173f2e0d203a57e9b
https://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-2.2.git;a=commitdiff;h=a38a85db58c569cc592d9380cc07096757ef3d49
https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/18467