Vulnerability identifier: #VU6673

Vulnerability risk: High

CVSSv3.1: 8.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-8311

CWE-ID: CWE-122

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploits in database: 2

• June 17, 2021
  • VLC Media Player/Kodi/PopcornTime 'Red Chimera' < 2.2.5 - Memory Corruption (PoC) [Exploit-DB]
• May 18, 2020
  • CPR-Zero: CVE-2017-8311 [CPR CheckPoint]

Impact: Code execution

Vulnerable software:
VLC Media Player
Client/Desktop applications / Multimedia software

Vendor: VideoLAN