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 |
artful |
Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
|
| bionic |
Needed
|
|
| cosmic |
Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
|
|
| disco |
Not vulnerable
(1:1.7-1)
|
|
| eoan |
Not vulnerable
(1:1.7-1)
|
|
| focal |
Not vulnerable
(1:1.7-1)
|
|
| groovy |
Not vulnerable
(1:1.7-1)
|
|
| hirsute |
Not vulnerable
(1:1.7-1)
|
|
| impish |
Not vulnerable
(1:1.7-1)
|
|
| jammy |
Not vulnerable
(1:1.7-1)
|
|
| precise |
Does not exist
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
(trusty was needs-triage)
|
|
| upstream |
Needed
(1:1.7-1)
|
|
| xenial |
Released
(1:1.3-4+deb9u3build0.16.04.1)
|
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://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4641-1
- NVD
- Launchpad
- Debian