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CVE-2017-15601
published 2017-10-18

CVE-2017-15601: In GNU Libextractor 1.4, there is a heap-based buffer overflow in the EXTRACTOR_png_extract_method function in plugins/png_extractor.c, related to processiTXt…

PriorityP337high7.5CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
1.65%
73.9th percentile
In GNU Libextractor 1.4, there is a heap-based buffer overflow in the EXTRACTOR_png_extract_method function in plugins/png_extractor.c, related to processiTXt and stndup.

Affected

7 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlibextractor< libextractor 1:1.6-1 (bookworm)libextractor 1:1.6-1 (bookworm)
gnulibextractor
gnulibextractor>= 0 < 1:1.6-11:1.6-1
gnulibextractor>= 0 < 1:1.6-11:1.6-1
gnulibextractor>= 0 < 1:1.6-11:1.6-1
gnulibextractor>= 0 < 1:1.6-11:1.6-1
gnulibextractor>= 0 < 1:1.3-4+deb9u3build0.16.04.11:1.3-4+deb9u3build0.16.04.1

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.07.5HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv7.5HIGH
vendor_debian7.5LOW
vendor_ubuntu5.5MEDIUM
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