CVE-2017-15601

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.

CVSS v3.0 NVD

7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0 NVD

5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS

1.64% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 76th percentile

Published

2017-10-18

Updated

2024-08-05

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-10/msg00006.html

Security advisories

• https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libextractor/libextractor-1.6.tar.gz

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry