CVE-2017-8311

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CVSS 3.0

7.8 high

EPSS

9%p95

Published

May 23, 2017 (May 23, 2017)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Vendors: videolan
Products: vlc media player
Weakness: CWE-119
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (8.8%)

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