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CVE-2017-8310

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read
Publication date:
23/05/2017
Last modified:
20/04/2025

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.50 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
5.50
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.30 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
4.30
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:2.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:2.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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