CVE-2017-8310

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.

Published: May 23, 2017
Updated: Apr 13, 2023
CVE: CVE-2017-8310
Severity: Medium
Exploit:

CVSS v3:

Severity: Medium
Score: 5.5
AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2:

Severity: Low
Score: 4.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWEs:

CWE-125

Affected Software
References

Software	From	Fixed in
videolan / vlc_media_player	2.2.4	2.2.4.x
videolan / vlc_media_player	2.2.2	2.2.2.x
videolan / vlc_media_player	2.2.3	2.2.3.x
videolan / vlc_media_player	2.2.1	2.2.1.x
videolan / vlc_media_player	2.2.0	2.2.0.x
videolan / vlc_media_player	2.2.5	2.2.5.x

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
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
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98638
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-10

Vulnerability Database

289,697

CVE-2017-8310