CVE-2017-8310 — Out-of-bounds Read in VLC

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read5 documents5 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 59.93%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Videolan VLC Media PlayerVideolan VLC
Timeline
PublishedMay 23
Latest updateMay 17

Description

Heap out-of-bound read in CreateHtmlSubtitle in VideoLAN VLC 2.2.x due to missing check of string termination allows attackers to read data beyond allocated memory and potentially crash the process (causing a denial of service) via a crafted subtitles file.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶Debianvideolan/vlc_media_player< 2.2.5.1-1~deb9u1+3
▶CVEListV5videolan/vlc2.2.*
▶NVDvideolan/vlc_media_player6 versions+5

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-2ggh-fcw2-8mvr: Heap out-of-bound read in CreateHtmlSubtitle in VideoLAN VLC 2↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2017-8310: Heap out-of-bound read in CreateHtmlSubtitle in VideoLAN VLC 2↗2017-05-23
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CVEList
CVE-2017-8310: Heap out-of-bound read in CreateHtmlSubtitle in VideoLAN VLC 2↗2017-05-23
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2017-8310: vlc - Heap out-of-bound read in CreateHtmlSubtitle in VideoLAN VLC 2.2.x due to missin...↗2017
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