CVE-2017-10699
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 4.5% (pctl 91)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 4.51% — more likely to be exploited than 91% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-787 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2017-06-30 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| videolan | vlc media player |
References
→ the Explorer · watch your stack · NVD