Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libextractor package, versions <1:1.3-4+deb9u4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.26% (66th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-LIBEXTRACTOR-460276
  • published23 Aug 2019
  • disclosed23 Aug 2019

Introduced: 23 Aug 2019

CVE-2019-15531  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 libextractor to version 1:1.3-4+deb9u4 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 1.9 has a heap-based buffer over-read in the function EXTRACTOR_dvi_extract_method in plugins/dvi_extractor.c.

CVSS Scores

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