Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20178310000
Revision Date:2017-05-23Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-8310 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
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.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-8310
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND The 'vlc' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.3').
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