GHSA-2ggh-fcw2-8mvr

GHSA-2ggh-fcw2-8mvr PUBLISHED CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 17, 2022

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 3.0

5.5

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

Timeline

May 17, 2022 CVE Published
Apr 9, 2026 Distribution Patch
Apr 9, 2026 Security Advisory

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vulnetix vdb vuln GHSA-2ggh-fcw2-8mvr
vulnetix vdb fixes GHSA-2ggh-fcw2-8mvr

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curl -s -H "Authorization: ApiKey ${VULNETIX_ORG_ID}:${VULNETIX_API_KEY}" \
  "https://api.vdb.vulnetix.com/v2/vuln/GHSA-2ggh-fcw2-8mvr/fixes/registry"

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