Medium severity · published May 23, 2017
CVE-2017-8312
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
5.5
CVSS
1.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.4% · higher than 72% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0 · source: NVD
VM
Vlc Media Player · Videolan
before 2.2.6 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8312
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-8312
git.videolan.org
http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=blobdiff%3Bf=modules/demux/subtitle.c%3Bh=5e4fcdb7f25b2819f5441156c7c0ea2a7d112ca3%3Bhp=2a75fbfb7c3f56b24b2e4498bbb8fe0aa2575974%3Bhb=611398fc8d32f3fe4331f60b220c52ba3557beaa%3Bhpb=075bc7169b05b004fa0250e4a4ce5516b05487a9
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3899
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98631
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-10
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