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NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting libextractor package, versions <1:1.6-2

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.36% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-LIBEXTRACTOR-313454
  • published6 Dec 2017
  • disclosed6 Dec 2017
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Introduced: 6 Dec 2017

CVE-2017-17440  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable libextractor to version 1:1.6-2 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:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

GNU Libextractor 1.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted GIF, IT (Impulse Tracker), NSFE, S3M (Scream Tracker 3), SID, or XM (eXtended Module) file, as demonstrated by the EXTRACTOR_xm_extract_method function in plugins/xm_extractor.c.