{"id":"MGASA-2017-0424","summary":"Updated vlc packages fix security vulnerability","details":"avcodec 2.2.x, as used in VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.2.7, allows\nout-of-bounds heap memory write due to calling memcpy() with a wrong\nsize, leading to a denial of service (application crash) or possibly\ncode execution (CVE-2017-10699).\n\nThe VLC packages have been updated to version 2.2.8, which includes\nvarious security improvements in decoders and demuxers, as well as other\nbug fixes.\n","modified":"2026-04-16T01:45:42.193159412Z","published":"2017-11-26T21:18:31Z","upstream":["CVE-2017-10699"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0424.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21801"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-2.2.git;a=blob;f=NEWS;h=d9b31b4e5362c7d764f3e6b23b78aaeb0b8bf868;hb=3cc1d8cba982fc988c2a421e42408bb05d1ba37f"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4045"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"vlc","ecosystem":"Mageia:5","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/vlc?arch=source&distro=mageia-5"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.2.8-1.0.mga5"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0424.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}