CVE-2017-8312

Published: May 23, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

5.5

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (2)

Products: Videolan: Vlc Media Player · Debian: Debian Linux

1 product

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Videolan Vlc Media Player	Before 2.2.6

Configuration B

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Debian Debian Linux	Version 8.0

Related CWEs

CWE-125

Out-of-bounds Read

The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

References (8)

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

Source: cve@checkpoint.com

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

Source: cve@checkpoint.com

Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98631

Source: cve@checkpoint.com

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-10

Source: cve@checkpoint.com

Third Party Advisory

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98631

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-10

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

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