CVE-2017-8312

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Heap out-of-bound read in ParseJSS in VideoLAN VLC due to missing check of string length allows attackers to read heap uninitialized data via a crafted subtitles file.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 5.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-125

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
VideoLAN	VLC	All

References

http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=blobdiff%3Bf=modules/demux/subtitle.c%3Bh=5e4fcdb7f25b2819f5441156c7c0ea2a7d112ca3%3Bhp=2a75fbfb7c3f56b24b2e4498bbb8fe0aa2575974%3Bhb=611398fc8d32f3fe4331f60b220c52ba3557beaa%3Bhpb=075bc7169b05b004fa0250e4a4ce5516b05487a9
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3899Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98631Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-10Third Party Advisory
http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=blobdiff%3Bf=modules/demux/subtitle.c%3Bh=5e4fcdb7f25b2819f5441156c7c0ea2a7d112ca3%3Bhp=2a75fbfb7c3f56b24b2e4498bbb8fe0aa2575974%3Bhb=611398fc8d32f3fe4331f60b220c52ba3557beaa%3Bhpb=075bc7169b05b004fa0250e4a4ce5516b05487a9
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3899Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98631Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-10Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: May 23, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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