CVE-2017-8312

2017-05-2321:00:00

checkpoint

www.cve.org

5.9 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

43.0%

JSON

Heap out-of-bound read in ParseJSS in VideoLAN VLC due to missing check of string length allows attackers to read heap uninitialized data via a crafted subtitles file.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "product": "VLC",
    "vendor": "VideoLAN",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "All"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References

git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=blobdiff%3Bf=modules/demux/subtitle.c%3Bh=5e4fcdb7f25b2819f5441156c7c0ea2a7d112ca3%3Bhp=2a75fbfb7c3f56b24b2e4498bbb8fe0aa2575974%3Bhb=611398fc8d32f3fe4331f60b220c52ba3557beaa%3Bhpb=075bc7169b05b004fa0250e4a4ce5516b05487a9

www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3899

www.securityfocus.com/bid/98631

security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-10