CVE-2017-8310

MEDIUM

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 v3.1 Score

5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Published: 5/23/2017Modified: 5/13/2026

Related Intelligence (1)

CRITICALSupply Chain

ABB Ability Camera Connect

<p><a href="https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF/blob/develop/csaf_files/OT/white/2026/icsa-26-146-05.json"><strong>View CSAF</strong></a></p> <h2>Summary</h2> <p><strong>ABB is aware of public reports of vulnerabilities in a 3rd party component VLC media player Version 2.2.4 which was delivered together with the installation package of Camera Connect Version 1.5.0.14 and below. An update is available

CVE-2024-46461CVE-2023-47360
CISA Advisories

References (8)

http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-2.2.git%3Ba=blobdiff%3Bf=modules/codec/subsdec.c%3Bh=addd8c71f30d53558fffd19059b374be45cf0f8e%3Bhp=1b4276e299a2a6668047231d29ac705ae93076ba%3Bhb=7cac839692ab79dbfe5e4ebd4c4e37d9a8b1b328%3Bhpb=3477dba3d506de8d95bccef2c6b67861188f6c29http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3899http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98638Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entryhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-10http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-2.2.git%3Ba=blobdiff%3Bf=modules/codec/subsdec.c%3Bh=addd8c71f30d53558fffd19059b374be45cf0f8e%3Bhp=1b4276e299a2a6668047231d29ac705ae93076ba%3Bhb=7cac839692ab79dbfe5e4ebd4c4e37d9a8b1b328%3Bhpb=3477dba3d506de8d95bccef2c6b67861188f6c29http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3899http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98638Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entryhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-10