CVE-2017-10699 is a critical out-of-bounds heap memory write vulnerability in avcodec 2.2.x, affecting VideoLAN VLC media player versions 2.2.7-x prior to 2017-06-29. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with no user interaction, potentially leading to a denial of service or remote code execution. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with over 10 mentions, indicating awareness among security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:2.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.