CVE-2017-17440

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.5
Exploit probability—
ProductGnu Libextractor
PublishedDec 6, 2017
First seenDec 6, 2017

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

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ProductAffected versionsFixed in
gnu libextractor1.6—

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