PT-2017-2429 · Videolan+3 · Vlc Media Player+3

Bingchang Liu + 1 · Published 2017-06-02 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2017-10699

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions avcodec versions 2.2.x VideoLAN VLC media player versions 2.2.7-x before 2017-06-29

Description The issue is caused by an out-of-bounds heap memory write due to calling memcpy() with a wrong size. This can lead to a denial of service (application crash) or possibly code execution. The vulnerability can be exploited by a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service.

Recommendations For avcodec version 2.2.x, update to a version released after 2017-06-29 to resolve the issue. For VideoLAN VLC media player version 2.2.7-x, update to a version released after 2017-06-29 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the avcodec module until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Out of bounds Read

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-1685

BDU:2017-01634

CVE-2017-10699

DSA-4045-1

MGASA-2017-0424

MGASA-2017-0433

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11502-1

USN-4805-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Ubuntu

Vlc Media Player

Avcodec

References · 63

• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/vlc_mkv.rb · Exploit
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8311 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-10699 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-9300 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2017-0424 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-4045-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4805-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-10699 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-04176 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-4805-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8312 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8310 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:11502-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4045 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-17670 · Security Note