CVE-2017-8310

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.

CVSS v3 5.5 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

5.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

4.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
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	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-10

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:2.2.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:2.2.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:2.2.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:2.2.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:2.2.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:2.2.5:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2017-05-23 21:29

Updated : 2023-11-07 02:50

NVD link : CVE-2017-8310

Mitre link : CVE-2017-8310

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-8310

JSON object : View

Products Affected

videolan

vlc_media_player

CWE

CWE-125

Out-of-bounds Read

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