CVE-2017-15601

CWE-119 — Buffer Overflow8 documents7 sources
Severity
7.5HIGH
EPSS
0.4%
top 37.30%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
GNU Libextractor
Timeline
PublishedOct 18
Latest updateMay 14

Description

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Debianlibextractor< 1:1.6-1+3

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-mcff-xj38-6fvh: In GNU Libextractor 1↗2022-05-14
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OSV
libextractor vulnerabilities↗2020-11-23
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CVEList
CVE-2017-15601: In GNU Libextractor 1↗2017-10-18
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OSV
CVE-2017-15601: In GNU Libextractor 1↗2017-10-18
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Ubuntu
libextractor vulnerabilities↗2020-11-23
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Debian
CVE-2017-15601: libextractor - In GNU Libextractor 1.4, there is a heap-based buffer overflow in the EXTRACTOR_...↗2017
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-15601 libextractor: Heap based buffer overflow in the EXTRACTOR_png_extract_method function↗2017-11-08
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CVE-2017-15601 (HIGH CVSS 7.5) | In GNU Libextractor 1.4 | cvebase.io