CVE-2017-8312

MEDIUM

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.

CVSS v3.1 Score

5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Published: 5/23/2017Modified: 5/13/2026

Related Intelligence (1)

CRITICALSupply Chain

ABB Ability Camera Connect

<p><a href="https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF/blob/develop/csaf_files/OT/white/2026/icsa-26-146-05.json"><strong>View CSAF</strong></a></p> <h2>Summary</h2> <p><strong>ABB is aware of public reports of vulnerabilities in a 3rd party component VLC media player Version 2.2.4 which was delivered together with the installation package of Camera Connect Version 1.5.0.14 and below. An update is available

CVE-2024-46461CVE-2023-47360
CISA Advisories

References (8)

http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=blobdiff%3Bf=modules/demux/subtitle.c%3Bh=5e4fcdb7f25b2819f5441156c7c0ea2a7d112ca3%3Bhp=2a75fbfb7c3f56b24b2e4498bbb8fe0aa2575974%3Bhb=611398fc8d32f3fe4331f60b220c52ba3557beaa%3Bhpb=075bc7169b05b004fa0250e4a4ce5516b05487a9http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3899Third Party Advisoryhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98631Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entryhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-10Third Party Advisoryhttp://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=blobdiff%3Bf=modules/demux/subtitle.c%3Bh=5e4fcdb7f25b2819f5441156c7c0ea2a7d112ca3%3Bhp=2a75fbfb7c3f56b24b2e4498bbb8fe0aa2575974%3Bhb=611398fc8d32f3fe4331f60b220c52ba3557beaa%3Bhpb=075bc7169b05b004fa0250e4a4ce5516b05487a9http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3899Third Party Advisoryhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98631Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entryhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-10Third Party Advisory