Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2017-8310 (CCN-126869)

Assigned:2017-05-23
Published:2017-05-23
Updated:2017-11-04
Summary: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 v3 Severity:5.5 Medium (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
4.8 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): High
6.1 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L)
5.3 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Low
CVSS v2 Severity:4.3 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
5.2 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
Vulnerability Type:CWE-125
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2017-8310

Source: CCN
Type: VideoLAN GIT Repository
subsdec: Fix potential out of bound reads

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Patch
http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-2.2.git;a=blobdiff;f=modules/codec/subsdec.c;h=addd8c71f30d53558fffd19059b374be45cf0f8e;hp=1b4276e299a2a6668047231d29ac705ae93076ba;hb=7cac839692ab79dbfe5e4ebd4c4e37d9a8b1b328;hpb=3477dba3d506de8d95bccef2c6b67861188f6c29

Source: DEBIAN
Type: UNKNOWN
DSA-3899

Source: BID
Type: Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
98638

Source: CCN
Type: BID-98638
VLAN VLC CVE-2017-8310 Denial of Service Vulnerability

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
videolan-cve20178310-dos(126869)

Source: GENTOO
Type: UNKNOWN
GLSA-201707-10

Source: CCN
Type: WhiteSource Vulnerability Database
CVE-2017-8310

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:videolan:vlc_media_player:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:videolan:vlc_media_player:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:videolan:vlc_media_player:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:videolan:vlc_media_player:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:videolan:vlc_media_player:2.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:videolan:vlc_media_player:2.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20178310000
    V
    		CVE-2017-8310 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - medium.
    2017-05-23
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20178310000
    V
    		CVE-2017-8310 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2017-05-23
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201783100000000
    V
    		CVE-2017-8310 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2017-05-23
    BACK
    videolan vlc media player 2.2.0
    videolan vlc media player 2.2.1
    videolan vlc media player 2.2.2
    videolan vlc media player 2.2.3
    videolan vlc media player 2.2.4
    videolan vlc media player 2.2.5