CVE-2017-8310

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-8310
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-8310.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-8310
Downstream
Published
2017-05-23T21:29:00.180Z
Modified
2026-07-08T05:51:46.865894939Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

Database specific 
{
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "2.2.1"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "2.2.1"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "2.2.2"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "2.2.2"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "2.2.3"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "2.2.3"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "2.2.4"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "2.2.4"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "2.2.5"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "2.2.5"
                }
            ],
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:2.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:2.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "source": "CPE_STRING",
            "vendor_product": "videolan:vlc_media_player"
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/videolan/vlc-3.0

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/videolan/vlc-3.0
Events
Introduced
ddba52206f69bb123bea8ed4d4ada07b3cb1223c
Last affected
ddba52206f69bb123bea8ed4d4ada07b3cb1223c
Database specific 
{
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "2.2.0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "2.2.0"
        }
    ],
    "source": "CPE_STRING"
}

Affected versions

2.*
2.2.0
2.2.0-git

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-8310.json"