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CVE-2017-8311

Potential heap based buffer overflow in ParseJSS in VideoLAN VLC before 2.2.5 due to skipping NULL terminator in an input string allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted subtitles file.

Published

2017-05-23T21:29:00.227

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 7.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-119

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	videolan	vlc_media_player	≤ 2.2.4	Yes

References

http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=775de716add17322f24b476439f903a829446eb6 ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3899 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98634 ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-10 ([email protected])
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44514/ ([email protected])
http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=775de716add17322f24b476439f903a829446eb6 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3899 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98634 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-10 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44514/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)