CVE-2017-8310 Information disclosure in VLC
Attackers can read memory or crash VLC via crafted subtitle files due to a heap out-of-bound read vulnerability.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2017-8310?
CVE-2017-8310 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Videolan Vlc Media Player, published on 23 May 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-8310?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Videolan Vlc Media Player.
How do I fix CVE-2017-8310?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2017-8310 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-8310 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Videolan Vlc Media Player
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-8310, GHSA-2ggh-fcw2-8mvr, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8310.