CVE-2018-14347
Published: 17 July 2018
GNU Libextractor before 1.7 contains an infinite loop vulnerability in EXTRACTOR_mpeg_extract_method (mpeg_extractor.c).
From the Ubuntu security team
It was discovered that Libextractor incorrectly handled malformed files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
Priority
Medium
CVSS 3 base score: 6.5
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
libextractor Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Needed
(1:1.7-1)
|
| Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo) |
Not vulnerable
(1:1.7-1)
|
|
| Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla) |
Not vulnerable
(1:1.7-1)
|
|
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) |
Not vulnerable
(1:1.7-1)
|
|
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Needed
|
|
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) |
Released
(1:1.3-4+deb9u3build0.16.04.1)
|
|
| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Does not exist
(trusty was needs-triage)
|
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14347
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2018-07/msg00000.html
- https://gnunet.org/bugs/view.php?id=5399
- https://gnunet.org/git/libextractor.git/commit/?id=f033468cd36e2b8bf92d747fbd683b2ace8da394
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4641-1
- NVD
- Launchpad
- Debian