CVE-2017-15602

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Gnu
Status
Libextractor
Vendor
CVE Published:
18 October 2017

Summary

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.

References

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-1...
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https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libextractor/libextractor-1.6.tar.gz
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https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg0...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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