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.
| 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
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