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CVE-2017-17440
GNU Libextractor 1.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted…
Medium6.5EPSS 2.4%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.4% · top 16% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (8)
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-11/msg00005.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://bugs.debian.org/883528#35 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-11/msg00001.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-11/msg00000.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 102116 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-11/msg00002.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://gnunet.org/git/libextractor.git/commit/?id=7cc63b001ceaf81143795321379c835486d0c92e (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-11/msg00004.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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