Medium severity · published Dec 6, 2017
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 GIF, IT (Impulse Tracker), NSFE, S3M…
6.5
CVSS
2.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.4% · higher than 84% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Libextractor · Gnu
1.6 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17440
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17440
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102116
Exploit
https://bugs.debian.org/883528#35
Patch
https://gnunet.org/git/libextractor.git/commit/?id=7cc63b001ceaf81143795321379c835486d0c92e
Exploit
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-11/msg00000.html
Exploit
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-11/msg00001.html
Exploit
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-11/msg00002.html
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