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GHSA-F5GW-WX32-XW5R

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-14 02:20 – Updated: 2025-04-20 03:38

Details

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.

Severity ?

5.5 (Medium)


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

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  "modified": "2025-04-20T03:38:11Z",
  "published": "2022-05-14T02:20:59Z",
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CVE-2017-8312 (GCVE-0-2017-8312)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-05-23 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 16:34

Summary

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.

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Allows attacker to read heap uninitialized data (potentially beyond allocated data - depends on heap implementation).

Assigner

checkpoint

References

URL

Tags

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	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98631	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
	http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3899	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
	http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=blobdiff%3…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	VideoLAN	VLC	Affected: All

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Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-F5GW-WX32-XW5R

CVE-2017-8312 (GCVE-0-2017-8312)

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