Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libextractor package, versions <1:1.3-4+deb9u3build0.16.04.1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (43rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-LIBEXTRACTOR-313465
  • published26 Oct 2017
  • disclosed26 Oct 2017

Introduced: 26 Oct 2017

CVE-2017-15922  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (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 an out-of-bounds read in the EXTRACTOR_dvi_extract_method function in plugins/dvi_extractor.c.