CVE-2017-8310 (GCVE-0-2017-8310)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-05-23 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 16:34
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
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CWE
  • Allows attacker to read data beyond allocated memory and potentially crash the process (causing a denial of service)
Assigner
References
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-10 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98638 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-2.2.git%3Ba=bl… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3899 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
VideoLAN VLC Affected: 2.2.*
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