CVE-2017-8311 (GCVE-0-2017-8311)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-05-23 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 16:34
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Allows attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-10 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44514/ exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98634 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commitdiff… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3899 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
VideoLAN VLC Affected: <2.2.5
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Date Public
2017-04-06 00:00
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