5.5

CVE-2017-8310: videolan vlc Out-of-bounds Read

CVSS: 5.5v3.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2017-8310DEBIAN-CVE-2017-8310
Published 23-05-2017Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-8310 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in videolan vlc. EPSS estimates a 1.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 69.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.27%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
DSA-3899-1

Timeline

  1. 23-05-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Heap 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.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.27%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

69%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.27% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
1.27%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Videolan2 products
Debian1 product
  • vlc< 2.2.5.1-1~deb9u1
Ubuntu1 product
  • vlc< 2.1.6-0ubuntu14.04.3 | < 2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.3

3 vendors · 4 products

References

7 links