Medium severity · published Oct 26, 2017
CVE-2017-15922
In GNU Libextractor 1.4, there is an out-of-bounds read in the EXTRACTOR_dvi_extract_method function in plugins/dvi_extractor.c
5.5
CVSS
1.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In GNU Libextractor 1.4, there is an out-of-bounds read in the EXTRACTOR_dvi_extract_method function in plugins/dvi_extractor.c.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.3% · higher than 70% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Libextractor · Gnu
1.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15922
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-15922
Exploit
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-10/msg00008.html
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101595
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00000.html
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