High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published May 23, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026

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.

Affected products

VideoLAN/Vlc Media Player
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=2.2.4
VideoLAN/Vlcv5
Range: <2.2.5

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3899nvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/98634nvd
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-10nvd
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44514/nvd

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