CVE-2018-20431
N/A
Published: December 24, 2018 at 05:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:52 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxLibextractor
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
GNU Libextractor through 1.8 has a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in the function process_metadata() in plugins/ole2_extractor.c.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%v ≤ 1.8
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (6)
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106300x_refsource_MISCExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://gnunet.org/bugs/view.php?id=5494x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://gnunet.org/git/libextractor.git/commit/?id=489c4a540bb2c4744471441425b8932b97a153e7x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://gnunet.org/git/libextractor.git/tree/ChangeLogMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00015.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4361Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-476
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