CVE-2017-8311

Name	CVE-2017-8311
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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SuSE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more)
References	DSA-3899-1
NVD severity	medium (attack range: remote)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
vlc (PTS)	wheezy, wheezy (security)	2.0.3-5+deb7u2	vulnerable
	jessie (security), jessie	2.2.6-1~deb8u1	fixed
	stretch	2.2.6-1~deb9u1	fixed
	buster, sid	2.2.6-6	fixed

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

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin
vlc	source	(unstable)	2.2.5-1	medium
vlc	source	jessie	2.2.6-1~deb8u1	medium	DSA-3899-1
vlc	source	wheezy	(unfixed)	end-of-life

[wheezy] - vlc <end-of-life> (Not supported in wheezy LTS)
http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git;a=commitdiff;h=775de716add17322f24b476439f903a829446eb6