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CVE-2017-8311

CVE-2017-8311 Vulnerability Analysis & Exploit Intelligence

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.

Published Updated Sources: cvelistV5, checkpoint

Triage

Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the scoring sources call it.

Exploitation

Exploit code

public exploit, none observed

EPSS

9%

chance of exploitation in 30 days

Affects

videolan

vlc

CVSS base

Unscored

no source published a base score

Affected scope

The catalog records vendors and products as separate lists, not pairs, so which product belongs to which vendor is not something this page can say.

Vendors (1)

videolan

Products (1)

vlc

Public exploit

Capability, not use: code existing is a different claim from anyone running it.

Indexed by

exploit db

References

5 on the record

Elsewhere on this site

Not in any source we poll

Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.

  • No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
  • No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
  • No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.