Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libextractor package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.73% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-LIBEXTRACTOR-455461
  • 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?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:18.04 libextractor.

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:18.04 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.