GHSA-h3gx-7f25-5jxg

GHSA-h3gx-7f25-5jxg PUBLISHED CVSS 7.800000190734863 HIGH

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 14, 2022

Potential heap based buffer overflow in ParseJSS in VideoLAN VLC before 2.2.5 due to skipping NULL terminator in an input string allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted subtitles file.

Risk scores

CVSS 3.0

7.800000190734863

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

Timeline

May 14, 2022 CVE Published
Apr 9, 2026 Security Advisory
Apr 29, 2026 Distribution Patch

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The same record, from the CLI:

vulnetix vdb vuln GHSA-h3gx-7f25-5jxg
vulnetix vdb fixes GHSA-h3gx-7f25-5jxg

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curl -s -H "Authorization: ApiKey ${VULNETIX_ORG_ID}:${VULNETIX_API_KEY}" \
  "https://api.vdb.vulnetix.com/v2/vuln/GHSA-h3gx-7f25-5jxg/fixes/registry"

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References

http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=775de716add17322f24b476439f903a829446eb6 url
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8311 advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-10 url
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44514 url
http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git;a=commitdiff;h=775de716add17322f24b476439f903a829446eb6 url
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3899 url
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98634 url

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