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Vulnerability details: VCID-ajtu-rm8v-aaam
Vulnerability ID VCID-ajtu-rm8v-aaam
Aliases CVE-2017-8311
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 2.0
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 10.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
System Score Found at
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archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-283
Reference id Reference type URL
http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=775de716add17322f24b476439f903a829446eb6
http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git;a=commitdiff;h=775de716add17322f24b476439f903a829446eb6
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https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8312
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8313
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-10
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44514/
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3899
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98634
ASA-201706-1 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201706-1
AVG-283 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-283
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2017-8311 Exploit https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/dos/44514.py
CVE-2017-8311 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8311
Data source Exploit-DB
Date added April 24, 2018
Description VLC Media Player/Kodi/PopcornTime 'Red Chimera' < 2.2.5 - Memory Corruption (PoC)
Ransomware campaign use Unknown
Source publication date April 24, 2018
Exploit type dos
Platform windows
Source update date April 24, 2018
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8311
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8311
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.89671
EPSS Score 0.05509
Published At May 4, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
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