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CVE-2017-8310

UNKNOWN
Published 2017-05-23T21:00:00
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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.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

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Affected Products

VideoLAN

VLC

Affected Versions:

2.2.*

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

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GHSA-2ggh-fcw2-8mvr

Advisory Details

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 Scoring

CVSS Score

5.0

CVSS Vector

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

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8310
WEB https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-10
WEB http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-2.2.git%3Ba=blobdiff%3Bf=modules/codec/subsdec.c%3Bh=addd8c71f30d53558fffd19059b374be45cf0f8e%3Bhp=1b4276e299a2a6668047231d29ac705ae93076ba%3Bhb=7cac839692ab79dbfe5e4ebd4c4e37d9a8b1b328%3Bhpb=3477dba3d506de8d95bccef2c6b67861188f6c29
WEB http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-2.2.git;a=blobdiff;f=modules/codec/subsdec.c;h=addd8c71f30d53558fffd19059b374be45cf0f8e;hp=1b4276e299a2a6668047231d29ac705ae93076ba;hb=7cac839692ab79dbfe5e4ebd4c4e37d9a8b1b328;hpb=3477dba3d506de8d95bccef2c6b67861188f6c29
WEB http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3899
WEB http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98638

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 17, 2022, Modified: April 20, 2025

References

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-10
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98638
http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-2.2.git%3Ba=blobdiff%3Bf=modules/codec/subsdec.c%3Bh=addd8c71f30d53558fffd19059b374be45cf0f8e%3Bhp=1b4276e299a2a6668047231d29ac705ae93076ba%3Bhb=7cac839692ab79dbfe5e4ebd4c4e37d9a8b1b328%3Bhpb=3477dba3d506de8d95bccef2c6b67861188f6c29
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3899
Published: 2017-05-23T21:00:00
Last Modified: 2024-08-05T16:34:21.655Z
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