Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published May 23, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-8312

Description

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.

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Affected products

VideoLAN/VLC media player
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <2.2.6
Debian/linux
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
VideoLAN/Vlcv5
Range: All

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3899nvdThird Party Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/98631nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-10nvdThird Party Advisory

News mentions

ABB Ability Camera Connect
CISA ICS Advisories

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