DEBIAN-CVE-2017-8310

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2017-8310

    Published: 23 May 2017Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-8310

    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: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-8310

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: vlc

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/vlc?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.2.5.1-1~deb9u1

    Affected versions

    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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