CVE-2017-8310

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 201707-10

Severity Score

5.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Lectura de fuera de límites del heap en la función CreateHtmlSubtitle en VLC versiones 2.2.x de VideoLAN, debido a la falta de comprobación de terminación de cadena permite a los atacantes leer datos más allá de la memoria asignada y potencialmente bloquear el proceso (causando una denegación de servicio) por medio de un archivo de subtítulos especialmente diseñados.

Several vulnerabilities have been found in VLC, the VideoLAN project's media player. Processing malformed subtitles or movie files could lead to denial of service and potentially the execution of arbitrary code.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2017-04-28 CVE Reserved
2017-05-23 CVE Published
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source
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	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98638	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3899	2023-11-07
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-10	2023-11-07

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Videolan Search vendor "Videolan"		Vlc Media Player Search vendor "Videolan" for product "Vlc Media Player"				2.2.0 Search vendor "Videolan" for product "Vlc Media Player" and version "2.2.0"		-		Affected
Videolan Search vendor "Videolan"		Vlc Media Player Search vendor "Videolan" for product "Vlc Media Player"				2.2.1 Search vendor "Videolan" for product "Vlc Media Player" and version "2.2.1"		-		Affected
Videolan Search vendor "Videolan"		Vlc Media Player Search vendor "Videolan" for product "Vlc Media Player"				2.2.2 Search vendor "Videolan" for product "Vlc Media Player" and version "2.2.2"		-		Affected
Videolan Search vendor "Videolan"		Vlc Media Player Search vendor "Videolan" for product "Vlc Media Player"				2.2.3 Search vendor "Videolan" for product "Vlc Media Player" and version "2.2.3"		-		Affected
Videolan Search vendor "Videolan"		Vlc Media Player Search vendor "Videolan" for product "Vlc Media Player"				2.2.4 Search vendor "Videolan" for product "Vlc Media Player" and version "2.2.4"		-		Affected
Videolan Search vendor "Videolan"		Vlc Media Player Search vendor "Videolan" for product "Vlc Media Player"				2.2.5 Search vendor "Videolan" for product "Vlc Media Player" and version "2.2.5"		-		Affected