CVE-2017-15601
N/A
Published: October 18, 2017 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:07 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLibextractor
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
In GNU Libextractor 1.4, there is a heap-based buffer overflow in the EXTRACTOR_png_extract_method function in plugins/png_extractor.c, related to processiTXt and stndup.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (3)
x_refsource_MISCExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-10/msg00006.htmlx_refsource_MISCProduct
Source: [email protected]
https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libextractor/libextractor-1.6.tar.gzMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00000.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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