CVE-2017-8313 Information disclosure in VLC
Attackers can read memory or crash VLC via crafted subtitles due to a heap out-of-bound read in the JSS parser.
- 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-2017-8313?
CVE-2017-8313 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 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.
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-8313?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Videolan Vlc Media Player.
How do I fix CVE-2017-8313?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2017-8313 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-8313 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Videolan Vlc Media Player
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-8313, GHSA-x47q-49w5-cg3q, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8313.