Out-of-Bounds Affecting libextractor package, versions <1:1.6-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (45th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-LIBEXTRACTOR-520467
  • published18 Oct 2017
  • disclosed18 Oct 2017

Introduced: 18 Oct 2017

CVE-2017-15601  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 libextractor to version 1:1.6-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libextractor package and not the libextractor package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.