| 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 bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-3899-1 |
| NVD severity | medium (attack range: remote) |
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 | 2.2.7-1~deb8u1 | fixed | |
| stretch | 2.2.7-1~deb9u1 | fixed | |
| stretch (security) | 3.0.2-0+deb9u1 | fixed | |
| buster, sid | 3.0.2-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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