CVE-2017-8310

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    CVE-2017-8310

    Published: 23 May 2017Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Heap out-of-bound read in CreateHtmlSubtitle in VideoLAN VLC 2.2.x due to missing check of string termination allows attackers to read data beyond allocated memory and potentially crash the process (causing a denial of service) via a crafted subtitles file.

    References: http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-2.2.git%3Ba=blobdiff%3Bf=modules/codec/subsdec.c%3Bh=addd8c71f30d53558fffd19059b374be45cf0f8e%3Bhp=1b4276e299a2a6668047231d29ac705ae93076ba%3Bhb=7cac839692ab79dbfe5e4ebd4c4e37d9a8b1b328%3Bhpb=3477dba3d506de8d95bccef2c6b67861188f6c29, http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3899, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98638, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-10

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- ddba52206f69bb123bea8ed4d4ada07b3cb1223c
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.2.0
    2.2.0-git

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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