DEBIAN-CVE-2017-8310

DEBIAN-CVE-2017-8310 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.0

5.5

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

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Debian:11	vlc	0, 0, 0
Debian:12	vlc	0, 0, 0
Debian:14	vlc	0, 0, 0
Debian:13	vlc	0, 0, 0

Timeline

May 23, 2017 CVE Published
Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-8310 advisory

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