CVE-2017-8310

NameCVE-2017-8310
DescriptionHeap 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-3899-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
vlc (PTS)buster3.0.17.4-0+deb10u1fixed
buster (security)3.0.20-0+deb10u1fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye3.0.20-0+deb11u1fixed
bookworm, bookworm (security)3.0.20-0+deb12u1fixed
trixie3.0.20-1fixed
sid3.0.20-3fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
vlcsourcewheezy(unfixed)end-of-life
vlcsourcejessie2.2.6-1~deb8u1DSA-3899-1
vlcsource(unstable)2.2.5.1-1~deb9u1

Notes

[wheezy] - vlc <end-of-life> (Not supported in wheezy LTS)
https://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-2.2.git;a=commit;h=7cac839692ab79dbfe5e4ebd4c4e37d9a8b1b328

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