CVE-2018-20431

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference8 documents7 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUM
EPSS
0.6%
top 31.34%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
GNU LibextractorDebian Debian Linux
Timeline
PublishedDec 24
Latest updateMay 14

Description

GNU Libextractor through 1.8 has a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in the function process_metadata() in plugins/ole2_extractor.c.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Debianlibextractor< 1:1.8-2+3

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0, 9.0

Patches

Patch: gnunet.org ↗Patch: gnunet.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-j85j-8r4r-vm4q: GNU Libextractor through 1↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2018-20431: GNU Libextractor through 1↗2018-12-24
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CVEList
CVE-2018-20431: GNU Libextractor through 1↗2018-12-24
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Ubuntu
libextractor vulnerabilities↗2020-11-23
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Debian
CVE-2018-20431: libextractor - GNU Libextractor through 1.8 has a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in the...↗2018
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-20431 libextractor: NULL Pointer Dereference in process_metadata in plugins/ole2_extractor.c [fedora-all]↗2019-01-11
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-20431 libextractor: NULL Pointer Dereference in process_metadata in plugins/ole2_extractor.c↗2019-01-11
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