CVE-2017-8310

Published May 23, 2017 CVSS 3.0 · 5.5 Medium EPSS 1.3% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3899-1 vlc security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-17271 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.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
checkpoint
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 4:34 PM
Reserved
Apr 28, 2017, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
May 23, 2017, 9:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:26 AM