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


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.73% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-LIBEXTRACTOR-455464
  • published25 Sept 2018
  • disclosed4 Sept 2018

Introduced: 4 Sep 2018

CVE-2018-16430  (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.

GNU Libextractor through 1.7 has an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in EXTRACTOR_zip_extract_method() in zip_extractor.c.