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    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.

    Published:Oct 18, 2017
    Last Modified:Apr 20, 2025
    EPS:Oct 18, 2017
    EPSS Score:0.00432
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Gnu
    Product
    Libextractor

    Exploits

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

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