vulnerability

Arch Linux: Arbitrary code execution (CVE-2017-8311)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
May 23, 2017
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Nov 27, 2025

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.

Solution

arch-linux-upgrade-latest
Title
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