Out-of-bounds Read Affecting vlc package, versions <2.2.5-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (50th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-VLC-360470
  • published23 May 2017
  • disclosed23 May 2017

Introduced: 23 May 2017

CVE-2017-8313  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 vlc to version 2.2.5-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream vlc package and not the vlc package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.