CVE-2018-20431

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    CVE-2018-20431

    Published: 24 Dec 2018Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: GNU Libextractor through 1.8 has a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in the function process_metadata() in plugins/ole2_extractor.c.

    References: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106300, https://gnunet.org/git/libextractor.git/tree/ChangeLog, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00015.html, https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4361, https://gnunet.org/bugs/view.php?id=5494, https://gnunet.org/git/libextractor.git/commit/?id=489c4a540bb2c4744471441425b8932b97a153e7

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