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Debian: CVE-2017-8310: vlc -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2017-8310: vlc -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
05/23/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/29/2017
Modified
02/24/2020

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.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-vlc

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