vulnerability
Arch Linux: Denial of service (CVE-2017-8312)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) | May 23, 2017 | Jul 11, 2025 | Nov 27, 2025 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
May 23, 2017
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Nov 27, 2025
Description
Heap out-of-bound read in ParseJSS in VideoLAN VLC due to missing check of string length allows attackers to read heap uninitialized data via a crafted subtitles file.
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
- CVE-2017-8312
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2017-8312
- URL-http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=blobdiff%3Bf=modules/demux/subtitle.c%3Bh=5e4fcdb7f25b2819f5441156c7c0ea2a7d112ca3%3Bhp=2a75fbfb7c3f56b24b2e4498bbb8fe0aa2575974%3Bhb=611398fc8d32f3fe4331f60b220c52ba3557beaa%3Bhpb=075bc7169b05b004fa0250e4a4ce5516b05487a9
- URL-http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3899
- URL-http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98631
- URL-https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201706-1
- URL-https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-10
- CWE-125
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