Divide By Zero Affecting libextractor package, versions <1:1.3-4+deb9u3build0.16.04.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.22% (60th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-LIBEXTRACTOR-313447
  • published11 Oct 2017
  • disclosed11 Oct 2017

Introduced: 11 Oct 2017

CVE-2017-15266  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-369  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 libextractor to version 1:1.3-4+deb9u3build0.16.04.1 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

In GNU Libextractor 1.4, there is a Divide-By-Zero in EXTRACTOR_wav_extract_method in wav_extractor.c via a zero sample rate.