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


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.28% (69th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-LIBEXTRACTOR-455467
  • published22 Jul 2018
  • disclosed17 Jul 2018

Introduced: 17 Jul 2018

CVE-2018-14346  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (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 before 1.7 has a stack-based buffer overflow in ec_read_file_func (unzip.c).