{"id":"CVE-2017-8312","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-8312","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T19:47:05.085Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2017-05-23T21:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:26:10.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@checkpoint.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-125"],"affected":["videolan/vlc media player","debian/debian linux"],"epss":{"score":0.01358,"percentile":0.71527,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.36%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=blobdiff%3Bf=modules/demux/subtitle.c%3Bh=5e4fcdb7f25b2819f5441156c7c0ea2a7d112ca3%3Bhp=2a75fbfb7c3f56b24b2e4498bbb8fe0aa2575974%3Bhb=611398fc8d32f3fe4331f60b220c52ba3557beaa%3Bhpb=075bc7169b05b004fa0250e4a4ce5516b05487a9","source":"cve@checkpoint.com"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3899","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@checkpoint.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98631","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@checkpoint.com"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-10","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@checkpoint.com"},{"url":"http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=blobdiff%3Bf=modules/demux/subtitle.c%3Bh=5e4fcdb7f25b2819f5441156c7c0ea2a7d112ca3%3Bhp=2a75fbfb7c3f56b24b2e4498bbb8fe0aa2575974%3Bhb=611398fc8d32f3fe4331f60b220c52ba3557beaa%3Bhpb=075bc7169b05b004fa0250e4a4ce5516b05487a9","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3899","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98631","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-10","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8312","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}