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    CVE-2017-17440

    GNU Libextractor 1.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted GIF, IT (Impulse Tracker), NSFE, S3M (Scream Tracker 3), SID, or XM (eXtended Module) file, as demonstrated by the EXTRACTOR_xm_extract_method function in plugins/xm_extractor.c.

    Published:Dec 6, 2017
    Last Modified:Apr 20, 2025
    EPS:Dec 6, 2017
    EPSS Score:0.01003
    CVSS Score:6.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Gnu
    Product
    Libextractor

    Exploits

    https://bugs.debian.org/883528#35https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-11/msg00000.htmlhttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-11/msg00001.htmlhttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-11/msg00002.htmlhttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-11/msg00004.htmlhttps://bugs.debian.org/883528#35https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-11/msg00000.htmlhttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-11/msg00001.htmlhttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-11/msg00002.htmlhttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-11/msg00004.html

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    Related CVEs

    CVE-2019-15531 (CVSS 6.5) — GNU Libextractor through 1.9 has a heap-based buffer over-read in the function EXTRACTOR_dvi_extract_method in…
    CVE-2018-20430 (CVSS 6.5) — GNU Libextractor through 1.8 has an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the function history_extract() in plug…
    CVE-2018-20431 (CVSS 6.5) — GNU Libextractor through 1.8 has a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in the function process_metadata() i…
    CVE-2018-16430 (CVSS 8.8) — GNU Libextractor through 1.7 has an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in EXTRACTOR_zip_extract_method() in zip_…
    CVE-2018-14346 (CVSS 8.8) — GNU Libextractor before 1.7 has a stack-based buffer overflow in ec_read_file_func (unzip.c).…
    CVE-2018-14347 (CVSS 6.5) — GNU Libextractor before 1.7 contains an infinite loop vulnerability in EXTRACTOR_mpeg_extract_method (mpeg_ext…
    CVE-2017-15922 (CVSS 5.5) — In GNU Libextractor 1.4, there is an out-of-bounds read in the EXTRACTOR_dvi_extract_method function in plugin…
    CVE-2017-15600 (CVSS 7.5) — In GNU Libextractor 1.4, there is a NULL Pointer Dereference in the EXTRACTOR_nsf_extract_method function of p…
    CVE-2017-15601 (CVSS 7.5) — In GNU Libextractor 1.4, there is a heap-based buffer overflow in the EXTRACTOR_png_extract_method function in…
    CVE-2017-15602 (CVSS 7.5) — In GNU Libextractor 1.4, there is an integer signedness error for the chunk size in the EXTRACTOR_nsfe_extract…

    References

    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102116
    https://bugs.debian.org/883528#35
    https://gnunet.org/git/libextractor.git/commit/?id=7cc63b001ceaf81143795321379c835486d0c92e
    https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-11/msg00000.html
    https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-11/msg00001.html
    https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-11/msg00002.html
    https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-11/msg00004.html
    https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-11/msg00005.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102116
    https://bugs.debian.org/883528#35
    https://gnunet.org/git/libextractor.git/commit/?id=7cc63b001ceaf81143795321379c835486d0c92e
    https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-11/msg00000.html
    https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-11/msg00001.html
    https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-11/msg00002.html
    https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-11/msg00004.html
    https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-11/msg00005.html

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
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    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
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    High