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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2017-8311 EUVD-2017-17272GHSA-h3gx-7f25-5jxg

Potential heap based buffer overflow in ParseJSS in VideoLAN VLC before 2.2.5 due to skipping NULL terminator in an input string allows att…

Published May 23, 2017 · Updated Aug 5, 2024 · Assigned by checkpoint

Vendor: VideoLAN Product: vlc Package: vlc Package: vlc Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

Potential heap based buffer overflow in ParseJSS in VideoLAN VLC before 2.2.5 due to skipping NULL terminator in an input string allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted subtitles file.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
VideoLAN VLC <2.2.5 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Debian

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 vlc 2.2.5-1 —
Debian 13 vlc 2.2.5-1 —
Debian 12 vlc 2.2.5-1 —
Debian 8 vlc 2.2.6-1~deb8u1 DSA-3899-1

Ubuntu

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS vlc 2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.3 —
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS vlc 2.1.6-0ubuntu14.04.3 —

Public exploits

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Advisories 3

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