Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libextractor package, versions <1:1.3-4+deb9u2
Threat Intelligence
The probability is the direct output of the EPSS model, and conveys an overall sense of the threat of exploitation in the wild. The percentile measures the EPSS probability relative to all known EPSS scores. Note: This data is updated daily, relying on the latest available EPSS model version. Check out the EPSS documentation for more details.
Do your applications use this vulnerable package?
In a few clicks we can analyze your entire application and see what components are vulnerable in your application, and suggest you quick fixes.
Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-LIBEXTRACTOR-313556
- published25 Sept 2018
- disclosed4 Sept 2018
Introduced: 4 Sep 2018
CVE-2018-16430 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:9 libextractor to version 1:1.3-4+deb9u2 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:9 relevant fixed versions and status.
GNU Libextractor through 1.7 has an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in EXTRACTOR_zip_extract_method() in zip_extractor.c.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-16430
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4290
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00011.html
- https://gnunet.org/bugs/view.php?id=5405
- https://gnunet.org/git/libextractor.git/commit/?id=24c8d489797499c0331f4d1039e357ece1ae98a7
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105254
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-16430