CVE-2019-15531: GNU Libextractor through 1.9 has a heap-based buffer over-read in the function EXTRACTOR_dvi_extract_method in plugins/dvi_extractor.c

Medium severity · published Aug 23, 2019

CVE-2019-15531

GNU Libextractor through 1.9 has a heap-based buffer over-read in the function EXTRACTOR_dvi_extract_method in plugins/dvi_extractor.c

6.5

CVSS

1.7%

EPSS

On KEV

Description

GNU Libextractor through 1.9 has a heap-based buffer over-read in the function EXTRACTOR_dvi_extract_method in plugins/dvi_extractor.c.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/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)1.7% · higher than 77% of CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet

CISA KEVNot listed

Ransomware campaign useNot known

Affected products

Which versions

Debian Linux · Debian

8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD

Fedora · Fedoraproject

29; 30; 31 · source: NVD

Libextractor · Gnu

through 1.9 · source: NVD

Affected product

Debian Linux

Debian

All Debian Linux CVEs

References

NVD

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15531

CVE.org

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-15531

Issue Tracking

https://bugs.gnunet.org/view.php?id=5846

Mailing List

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00038.html

Mailing List

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00016.html

lists.fedoraproject.org

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DV5YBIS2UUNUUKQOEKDWUKEEWJIKWFMZ/

lists.fedoraproject.org

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GRQUHTSNOCKGRKPRXPUJ6FGTVZ2K5POL/

lists.fedoraproject.org

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MUJWNWDGGXQLTNQNELKERJ7DLW7E22BK/