CVE-2017-17440: Null Pointer Dereference
First published: Wed Dec 06 2017(Updated: )
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.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| GNU Libextractor | =1.6 | |
| debian/libextractor | 1:1.8-2+deb10u1 1:1.11-2 1:1.11-7 1:1.11-8 |
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Reference Links
- 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
- https://git.gnunet.org/libextractor.git/commit/?id=7cc63b001ceaf81143795321379c835486d0c92e
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17440
- collector/nvd-index
- collector/security-tracker-debian
- agent/severity
- agent/weakness
- agent/author
- agent/references
- agent/tags
- agent/type
- agent/event
- agent/description
- vendor/gnu
- canonical/gnu libextractor
- version/gnu libextractor/1.6
- package-manager/debian