CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-8311
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-05-23
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• videolan vlc media player (<= 2.2.4)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=775de716add17322f24b476439f903a829446eb6 git.videolan.org
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3899 www.debian.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98634 www.securityfocus.com
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-10 security.gentoo.org
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44514/ www.exploit-db.com
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=775de716add17322f24b476439f903a829446eb6 git.videolan.org
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3899 www.debian.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98634 www.securityfocus.com
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-10 security.gentoo.org
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44514/ www.exploit-db.com