High severity · published May 23, 2017
CVE-2017-8311
Potential heap based buffer overflow in ParseJSS in VideoLAN VLC before 2.2.5 due to skipping NULL terminator in an input string allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a…
7.8
CVSS
8.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Potential heap based buffer overflow in ParseJSS in VideoLAN VLC before 2.2.5 due to skipping NULL terminator in an input string allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted subtitles file.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)8.8% · higher than 95% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
VM
Vlc Media Player · Videolan
through 2.2.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8311
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-8311
git.videolan.org
http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=775de716add17322f24b476439f903a829446eb6
www.debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3899
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98634
security.gentoo.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-10
www.exploit-db.com
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44514/
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