CVE-2017-8313

Publication date 23 May 2017

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

Heap out-of-bound read in ParseJSS in VideoLAN VLC before 2.2.5 due to missing check of string termination allows attackers to read data beyond allocated memory and potentially crash the process via a crafted subtitles file.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
vlc 17.04 zesty
Fixed 2.2.4-14ubuntu2.1
16.10 yakkety Ignored end of life
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.3
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 2.1.6-0ubuntu14.04.3

Patch details

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Package Patch details
vlc

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H