FKIE_CVE-2017-15602

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-10-18 21:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:07
Severity
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
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
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-10/msg00005.htmlExploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libextractor/libextractor-1.6.tar.gzProduct
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00000.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-10/msg00005.htmlExploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libextractor/libextractor-1.6.tar.gzProduct
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00000.html
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
gnu libextractor 1.4
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