VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-8312
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.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 1.37%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.37%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.37% probability · 70th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-125
- Affected
- videolan/vlc media player · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@checkpoint.com
References
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=blobdiff%3Bf=modules/demux/subtitle.c%3Bh=5e4fcdb7f25b2819f5441156c7c0ea2a7d112ca3%3Bhp=2a75fbfb7c3f56b24b2e4498bbb8fe0aa2575974%3Bhb=611398fc8d32f3fe4331f60b220c52ba3557beaa%3Bhpb=075bc7169b05b004fa0250e4a4ce5516b05487a9
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3899Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98631Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-10Third Party Advisory
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=blobdiff%3Bf=modules/demux/subtitle.c%3Bh=5e4fcdb7f25b2819f5441156c7c0ea2a7d112ca3%3Bhp=2a75fbfb7c3f56b24b2e4498bbb8fe0aa2575974%3Bhb=611398fc8d32f3fe4331f60b220c52ba3557beaa%3Bhpb=075bc7169b05b004fa0250e4a4ce5516b05487a9
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3899Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98631Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-10Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.