PT-2017-18276 · Videolan+1 · Vlc+1

Published 2017-05-23 · Updated 2017-11-04 · CVE-2017-8310

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions VideoLAN VLC versions 2.2.x

Description The issue is related to a heap out-of-bound read in the CreateHtmlSubtitle function, caused by a missing check of string termination. This allows attackers to read data beyond allocated memory, potentially crashing the process and causing a denial of service. The attack can be carried out via a crafted subtitles file.

Recommendations For VideoLAN VLC versions 2.2.x, update to a version that includes a fix for the CreateHtmlSubtitle function to prevent the heap out-of-bound read.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-1685

CVE-2017-8310

DSA-3899-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Vlc

References · 36

• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/vlc_mkv.rb · Exploit
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8311 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8310 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-10699 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-9300 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-3899-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-8310 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-8310 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3899-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-04176 · Security Note
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-10 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8312 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8310 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-17670 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-04182 · Security Note