CVE-2017-15602 — Infinite Loop in Libextractor

CWE-835 — Infinite Loop7 documents7 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.4%
top 38.77%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
GNU Libextractor
Timeline
PublishedOct 18
Latest updateMay 13

Description

In GNU Libextractor 1.4, there is an integer signedness error for the chunk size in the EXTRACTOR_nsfe_extract_method function in plugins/nsfe_extractor.c, leading to an infinite loop for a crafted size.

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

▶Debiangnu/libextractor< 1:1.6-1+3

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-ghp6-q6jg-fc8q: In GNU Libextractor 1↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2017-15602: In GNU Libextractor 1↗2017-10-18
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CVEList
CVE-2017-15602: 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-2017-15602: libextractor - In GNU Libextractor 1.4, there is an integer signedness error for the chunk size...↗2017
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-15602 libextractor: Integer signedness error in the EXTRACTOR_nsfe_extract_method function↗2017-11-08
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