CVE-2017-8310
Published: 23 May 2017
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.
Priority
Medium
CVSS 3 base score: 5.5
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
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vlc Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Needs triage
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| Ubuntu 16.04 ESM (Xenial Xerus) |
Released
(2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.3)
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| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Does not exist
(trusty was released [2.1.6-0ubuntu14.04.3])
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Patches: Upstream: http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-2.2.git;a=commit;h=7cac839692ab79dbfe5e4ebd4c4e37d9a8b1b328 |
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