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CVE-2017-8310
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-05-23T21:29:00.180 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:26:10.037

Summary

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.

Affected products

videolan — vlc_media_player

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References

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