Medium severity · published May 23, 2017
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…
5.5
CVSS
1.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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 vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.5% · higher than 74% 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-2017-8313
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-8313
git.videolan.org
http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-2.2.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=05b653355ce303ada3b5e0e645ae717fea39186c
www.debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3899
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98633
security.gentoo.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-10
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