CVE-2017-8312 — Out-of-bounds Read in VLC Media Player

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read5 documents5 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 43.35%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Videolan VLC Media PlayerVideolan VLCDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedMay 23
Latest updateMay 14

Description

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.

CVSS vector

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

Affected Packages3 packages

▶Debianvideolan/vlc_media_player< 2.2.6-1~deb9u1+3
▶CVEListV5videolan/vlcAll

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-f5gw-wx32-xw5r: 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 crafte↗2022-05-14
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CVEList
CVE-2017-8312: 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 crafte↗2017-05-23
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OSV
CVE-2017-8312: 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 crafte↗2017-05-23
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2017-8312: vlc - Heap out-of-bound read in ParseJSS in VideoLAN VLC due to missing check of strin...↗2017
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