VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-8310

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.27%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-05-23
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read

Primary references