CVE-2017-8311
N/A
Published: May 23, 2017 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:26 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorVLC media player
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 9%
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
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 2.2.4
Affected range stops below 2.2.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (5)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3899Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-10Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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