Vulnerability Details 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 and stndup.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.004
EPSS Ranking 61.7%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.5
CVSS v2 Score 5.0
References
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-10/msg00006.html
- https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libextractor/libextractor-1.6.tar.gz
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00000.html
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-10/msg00006.html
- https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libextractor/libextractor-1.6.tar.gz
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00000.html
Products affected by CVE-2017-15601
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cpe:2.3:a:gnu:libextractor:1.4