CVE-2017-8310

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-8310
  • Assigner
  • cve@checkpoint.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2017-05-23T21:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-11-04T01:29:53
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-125 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/125.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:2.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:2.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 5.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-2.2.git;a=blobdiff;f=modules/codec/subsdec.c;h=addd8c71f30d53558fffd19059b374be45cf0f8e;hp=1b4276e299a2a6668047231d29ac705ae93076ba;hb=7cac839692ab79dbfe5e4ebd4c4e37d9a8b1b328;hpb=3477dba3d506de8d95bccef2c6b67861188f6c29 Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98638 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-10
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3899
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8310
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8310
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 08:12:10 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 17:16:27 2017-05-23T21:29Z 2017-05-23T21:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 17:16:27 2017-11-04T01:29:53 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 17:16:27 Modified Vulnerability Status updated