PT-2017-3885 · Videolan+1 · Vlc+1

Published 2017-05-23 · Updated 2018-10-17 · CVE-2017-8312

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions VideoLAN VLC (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to a heap out-of-bound read in the ParseJSS component of VideoLAN VLC, caused by a missing check of string length. This allows attackers to read heap uninitialized data via a crafted subtitles file, potentially leading to unauthorized access to protected information.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-1685

BDU:2019-04176

CVE-2017-8312

DSA-3899-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Vlc

References · 18

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8312 · Security Note
• https://debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3899 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3899-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3899 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-8312 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-04176 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-8312 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-8312 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-8312 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wiki.astralinux.ru/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=44892734 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8312 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-8312 · Security Note
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-10 · Vendor Advisory
• https://securityfocus.com/bid/98631 · Note
• http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=blobdiff%3Bf=modules/demux/subtitle.c%3Bh=5e4fcdb7f25b2819f5441156c7c0ea2a7d112ca3%3Bhp=2a75fbfb7c3f56b24b2e4498bbb8fe0aa2575974%3Bhb=611398fc8d32f3fe4331f60b220c52ba3557beaa%3Bhpb=075bc7169b05b004fa0250e4a4ce5516b05487a9 · Note