CVE-2017-8311

Publication date 23 May 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

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.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
vlc	17.04 zesty	Fixed 2.2.4-14ubuntu2.1
	16.10 yakkety	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.3
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 2.1.6-0ubuntu14.04.3

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
vlc	Upstream: http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git;a=commitdiff;h=775de716add17322f24b476439f903a829446eb6

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 7.8 · High

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.8 · High
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-8311