CVE-2017-8312
medium
CVSS v3
5.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.5
Description
multiple issues in vlc
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
55%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| arch | fixed | 2.2.6-1 | |
| debian | 8.0 | affected | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 2.2.6-1~deb9u1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 2.2.6-1~deb9u1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 2.2.6-1~deb9u1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 2.2.6-1~deb9u1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 2.2.6-1~deb9u1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| videolan | vlc_media_player | {"endExcluding":"2.2.6"} | 2.2.6 |
References
- https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201706-1
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=blobdiff%3Bf=modules/demux/subtitle.c%3Bh=5e4fcdb7f25b2819f5441156c7c0ea2a7d112ca3%3Bhp=2a75fbfb7c3f56b24b2e4498bbb8fe0aa2575974%3Bhb=611398fc8d32f3fe4331f60b220c52ba3557beaa%3Bhpb=075bc7169b05b004fa0250e4a4ce5516b05487a9
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3899
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98631
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-10
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-8312
CWEs
CWE-125
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.