CVE-2017-8312

low-risk
Published 2017-05-23

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.34% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
5
CVSS 5.5/10 Medium
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (2)

Affected Vendors

Videolan Debian

References (8)

http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=blobdiff%3Bf=modules/demux/subtitle.c%3Bh...
Third Party Advisory http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3899
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98631
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-10
http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=blobdiff%3Bf=modules/demux/subtitle.c%3Bh...
Third Party Advisory http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3899
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98631
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-10
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low-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 7/34 · Low