PT-2017-18277 · Videolan+1 · Vlc+1

Sivertpl · Published 2017-05-23 · Updated 2018-04-27 · CVE-2017-8311

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions VideoLAN VLC versions prior to 2.2.5

Description The issue is related to a potential heap-based buffer overflow in the ParseJSS function. This occurs when the function skips the NULL terminator in an input string, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code. The exploitation vector is a crafted subtitles file.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.2.5, update to version 2.2.5 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-1685

CVE-2017-8311

DSA-3899-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Vlc

References · 13

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/44514 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8311 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-8311 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8311 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3899-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-8311 · Security Note
• http://debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3899 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-8311 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-8311 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-10 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-8311 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/98634 · Note
• http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=775de716add17322f24b476439f903a829446eb6 · Note