Description
In GNU Libextractor 1.4, there is an integer signedness error for the chunk size in the EXTRACTOR_nsfe_extract_method function in plugins/nsfe_extractor.c, leading to an infinite loop for a crafted size.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-10/msg00005.html
Product x_refsource_misc
https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libextractor/libextractor-1.6.tar.gz
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00000.html
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0041
EPSS Percentile
61.2%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-835
Status
published
Products (1)
gnu/libextractor
1.4
Published
Oct 18, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026