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CVE-2017-8311 json

Potential heap based buffer overflow in ParseJSS in VideoLAN VLC before 2.2.5 due to skipping NULL terminator in an input string allows att…

published 2017-05-23 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-17272

cvss
7.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
8.8%
EPSS 8.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

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.

Patch / fix

  • vlc Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.2.5-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-8311

  • vlc Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 2.1.6-0ubuntu14.04.3
  • vlc Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.3

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8311

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • vlc Arch Linux 2.2.6-1

arch linux advisories AVG-283

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

cisa ICSA-26-146-05 updated cvss 7.8

ABB Ability Camera Connect

  • ABB Ability Camera Connect <= 1.5.0.14
    affected: vendor fix, mitigation
  • ABB Ability Camera Connect 1.5.0.15
    fixed

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-44514)

Exploit prediction

8.77% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-44514 VLC Media Player/Kodi/PopcornTime 'Red Chimera' < 2.2.5 - Memory Corruption (PoC) dos, 2018-04-24

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • VideoLAN VLC

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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