CVE-2017-8311
high
CVSS v3
7.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
8.8
Description
multiple issues in vlc
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
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Exploits
Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.
Exploit-DB
VLC Media Player/Kodi/PopcornTime 'Red Chimera' < 2.2.5 - Memory Corruption (PoC)
Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| arch | fixed | 2.2.6-1 | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 2.2.5-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 2.2.5-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 2.2.5-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 2.2.5-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 2.2.5-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| videolan | vlc_media_player | {"endIncluding":"2.2.4"} | |
References
- https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201706-1
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=775de716add17322f24b476439f903a829446eb6
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3899
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98634
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-10
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44514/
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-8311
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.