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CVE-2017-15601

Date: October 18, 2017

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (7)

https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libextractor/libextractor-1.6.tar.gz
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-10/msg00006.html
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-15601
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15601
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-15601
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00000.html
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2017-15601

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CWE-119

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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