{
    "id": "CVE-2017-8311",
    "published": "2017-05-23 21:29:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 01:26:10",
    "cvss_score": "7.8",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "3.0",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": "CWE-119",
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.08836",
    "epss_percentile": "0.95055",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-03 18:17:19",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "videolan",
            "product": "vlc_media_player"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "44514",
            "title": "VLC Media Player/Kodi/PopcornTime 'Red Chimera' < 2.2.5 - Memory Corruption (PoC)",
            "date": "2018-04-24",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44514"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "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/",
        "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/"
    ]
}