Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2017-8312 (CCN-126871)

Assigned:2017-05-23
Published:2017-05-23
Updated:2018-10-17
Summary:Heap out-of-bound read in ParseJSS in VideoLAN VLC due to missing check of string length allows attackers to read heap uninitialized data 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:H/I:N/A:N)
4.8 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/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): None
5.5 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
4.8 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:N/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): None
CVSS v2 Severity:4.3 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): None
4.6 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): None
Vulnerability Type:CWE-125
Vulnerability Consequences:Obtain Information
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2017-8312

Source: CCN
Type: VideoLAN GIT Repository
subtitle: Fix potential heap buffer overflow

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git;a=blobdiff;f=modules/demux/subtitle.c;h=5e4fcdb7f25b2819f5441156c7c0ea2a7d112ca3;hp=2a75fbfb7c3f56b24b2e4498bbb8fe0aa2575974;hb=611398fc8d32f3fe4331f60b220c52ba3557beaa;hpb=075bc7169b05b004fa0250e4a4ce5516b05487a9

Source: DEBIAN
Type: Third Party Advisory
DSA-3899

Source: BID
Type: Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
98631

Source: CCN
Type: BID-98631
VideoLAN VLC CVE-2017-8312 Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
videolan-cve20178312-info-disc(126871)

Source: GENTOO
Type: Third Party Advisory
GLSA-201707-10

Source: CCN
Type: WhiteSource Vulnerability Database
CVE-2017-8312

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:videolan:vlc_media_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version < 2.2.6)

    • Configuration 2:
  • cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20178312000
    V
    		CVE-2017-8312 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - medium.
    2017-05-23
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20178312000
    V
    		CVE-2017-8312 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2017-05-23
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201783120000000
    V
    		CVE-2017-8312 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2017-05-23
    BACK
    videolan vlc media player *
    debian debian linux 8.0