CVE-2017-8313
Heap out-of-bound read in ParseJSS in VideoLAN VLC before 2.2.5 due to missing check of string termination allows attackers to read data beyond allocated memory and potentially crash the process via a crafted subtitles file.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.48%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Heap out-of-bound read in ParseJSS in VideoLAN VLC before 2.2.5 due to missing check of string termination allows attackers to read data beyond allocated memory and potentially crash the process via a crafted subtitles file.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.48% probability · 74th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-125
- Affected
- videolan/vlc media player
- Source
- cve@checkpoint.com
EPSS 1.5% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-2.2.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=05b653355ce303ada3b5e0e645ae717fea39186c
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3899
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98633
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-10
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-2.2.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=05b653355ce303ada3b5e0e645ae717fea39186c
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3899
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98633
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-10
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.