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CVE-2017-8312

Date: May 23, 2017

Heap out-of-bound read in ParseJSS in VideoLAN VLC due to missing check of string length allows attackers to read heap uninitialized data via a crafted subtitles file.

Language: C

Severity Score

5.5

Related Resources (8)

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3899

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-8312

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8312

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-10

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98631

Url: http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=blobdiff%3Bf=modules/demux/subtitle.c%3Bh=5e4fcdb7f25b2819f5441156c7c0ea2a7d112ca3%3Bhp=2a75fbfb7c3f56b24b2e4498bbb8fe0aa2575974%3Bhb=611398fc8d32f3fe4331f60b220c52ba3557beaa%3Bhpb=075bc7169b05b004fa0250e4a4ce5516b05487a9

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-8312

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2017-8312

Severity Score

5.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Out-of-bounds Read

CWE-125

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.5
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	REQUIRED
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.3
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE
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