CVE-2017-8313
First published: Tue May 23 2017(Updated: )
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.
Credit: cve@checkpoint.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Videolan Vlc Media Player | <=2.2.4 |
Remedy
http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-2.2.git;a=commitdiff;h=05b653355ce303ada3b5e0e645ae717fea39186c
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Reference Links
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-2.2.git;a=commitdiff;h=05b653355ce303ada3b5e0e645ae717fea39186c
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3899
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98633
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-10
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-2.2.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=05b653355ce303ada3b5e0e645ae717fea39186c
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/severity
- agent/weakness
- agent/references
- agent/author
- agent/description
- agent/type
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- agent/remedy
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/tags
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- vendor/videolan
- canonical/videolan vlc media player
- version/videolan vlc media player/2.2.4