CVE-2017-8311 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Potential heap based buffer overflow in ParseJSS in VideoLAN VLC before 2.2.5 due to skipping NULL terminator in an input string allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted subtitles file.

Published: 2017-05-23

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: 7.1% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

VideoLAN

VLC

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`<2.2.5`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-3899-1	vlc security update
EUVD	EUVD-2017-17272	Potential heap based buffer overflow in ParseJSS in VideoLAN VLC before 2.2.5 due to skipping NULL terminator in an input string allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted subtitles file.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.07052.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=775de716add17322f24b476439f903a829446eb6
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3899
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98634
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-10
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44514/

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Videolan Vlc Media Player

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: checkpoint

Published: 2017-05-23T21:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T16:34:22.584Z

Reserved: 2017-04-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-8311

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-05-23T21:29:00.227

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-8311

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-119

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