Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libextractor package, versions <1:1.9-2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.7% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-LIBEXTRACTOR-19823619
  • published15 Sept 2026
  • 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 Echo:latest libextractor to version 1:1.9-2 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 Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest 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 Base Scores

version 3.1