CVE-2017-8313: Heap out-of-bound read in ParseJSS in VideoLAN VLC before 2.2.5 due to missing check of string termination allows attackers to read data beyond allocated…

PriorityP417medium5.5CVSS 3.0

AVLACLPRNUIRSUCNINAH

EPSS

1.48%

70.8th percentile

Heap out-of-bound read in ParseJSS in VideoLAN VLC before 2.2.5 due to missing check of string termination allows attackers to read data beyond allocated memory and potentially crash the process via a crafted subtitles file.

Affected

7 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	vlc	< vlc 2.2.5-1 (bookworm)	vlc 2.2.5-1 (bookworm)
videolan	vlc	< 2.2.5	2.2.5
videolan	vlc_media_player	<= 2.2.4	—
videolan	vlc_media_player	>= 0 < 2.2.5-1	2.2.5-1
videolan	vlc_media_player	>= 0 < 2.2.5-1	2.2.5-1
videolan	vlc_media_player	>= 0 < 2.2.5-1	2.2.5-1
videolan	vlc_media_player	>= 0 < 2.2.5-1	2.2.5-1

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.05.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

osv5.5MEDIUM

vendor_debian5.5MEDIUM

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