CVE-2017-8312

Medium

Description

Heap out-of-bound read in ParseJSS in VideoLAN VLC due to missing check of string length allows attackers to read heap uninitialized data via a crafted subtitles file.

SeverityMedium

CVSS5.5

Exploit probability—

Product

Videolan Vlc Media Player

PublishedMay 23, 2017

First seenMay 23, 2017

How to fix

Update

videolan vlc_media_player2.2.6 or later

Vendor advisories

security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-10

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
videolan vlc_media_player	v < 2.2.6	2.2.6
debian debian_linux	8.0	—

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