vulnerability

Ubuntu: (CVE-2017-8311): vlc vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
May 23, 2017
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
Aug 19, 2025

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.

Solution

ubuntu-upgrade-vlc
Title
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