CVE-2017-8311

Description

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.

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44514/

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-10

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98634

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3899

http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=775de716add17322f24b476439f903a829446eb6

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3