Heap out-of-bound read in ParseJSS in VideoLAN VLC due to missing check of string length allows attackers to read heap uninitialized data v…

published 2017-05-23 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-17273

cvss: 5.5; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.4%; EPSS 1.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 71%
public exploits: 0; none known

Heap out-of-bound read in ParseJSS in VideoLAN VLC due to missing check of string length allows attackers to read heap uninitialized data via a crafted subtitles file.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 distros 3

videolan vlc_media_player 2.2.6

debian ubuntu arch linux

vlc Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.2.6-1~deb9u1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-8312

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-2017-8312

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 2026-05-26 cvss 5.5

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

Exploit prediction

1.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 71% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	5.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	4.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

VideoLAN VLC

Classification

Weakness

CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read

References

security.gentoo.org /glsa/201707-10
vendor-advisory, third-party-advisory
debian.org /security/2017/dsa-3899
vendor-advisory, third-party-advisory
securityfocus.com /bid/98631
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory
git.videolan.org /?p=vlc.git%3Ba=blobdiff%3Bf=modules/demux/subtitle.c%3Bh=5e4fcdb7f25b2819f5441156c7c0ea2a7d112ca3%3Bhp=2a75fb

Sources

CVE List CVE-2017-8312
NVD CVE-2017-8312

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Summary