CVE-2017-15601
Published: 18 October 2017
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.
From the Ubuntu security team
It was discovered that Libextractor incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
Priority
Medium
CVSS 3 base score: 7.5
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
libextractor Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Released
(1:1.3-4+deb9u1, 1:1.6-1)
|
| Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla) |
Not vulnerable
(1:1.6-2)
|
|
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) |
Not vulnerable
(1:1.6-2)
|
|
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Not vulnerable
(1:1.6-2)
|
|
| Ubuntu 16.04 ESM (Xenial Xerus) |
Released
(1:1.3-4+deb9u3build0.16.04.1)
|
|
| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Does not exist
(trusty was needed)
|