CVE-2017-17440

MEDIUM

GNU Libextractor 1.6 - Denial of Service via Crafted File Parsing

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (8)

Core 8
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugs.debian.org/883528#35
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-11/msg00001.html
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-11/msg00000.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102116
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-11/msg00002.html
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-11/msg00004.html

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0053
EPSS Percentile 67.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (1)
gnu/libextractor 1.6
Published Dec 06, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026