CVE-2017-10699

critical

Published 2017-06-30 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

9.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

9.8

Description

arbitrary code execution in vlc

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

97%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Arch Fixed 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Fixed	`2.2.7-1`

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`2.2.6-3`
sid	Fixed	`2.2.6-3`
forky	Fixed	`2.2.6-3`
bullseye	Fixed	`2.2.6-3`
bookworm	Fixed	`2.2.6-3`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
videolan	vlc_media_player	`2.2.0`
videolan	vlc_media_player	`2.2.1`
videolan	vlc_media_player	`2.2.2`
videolan	vlc_media_player	`2.2.3`
videolan	vlc_media_player	`2.2.4`
videolan	vlc_media_player	`2.2.5`
videolan	vlc_media_player	`2.2.5.1`
videolan	vlc_media_player	`2.2.6`
videolan	vlc_media_player	`2.2.7`

References

CWEs

CWE-787

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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