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TI-2017-11397 Aliases CVE-2017-15601GHSA-mcff-xj38-6fvh

In GNU Libextractor 1.4, there is a heap-based buffer overflow in the…

Priority LOW 36CWE-119Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

In GNU Libextractor 1.4, there is a heap-based buffer overflow in the EXTRACTOR_png_extract_method function in plugins/png_extractor.c, related to processiTXt and stndup.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01641 76th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:libextractor:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4VulnerableGNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:libextractor:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4 Vulnerable ·GNU

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-15601
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mcff-xj38-6fvh

References

Exploit 1

Other 2

  • TI-2018-11779 GNU Libextractor through 1.7 has an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2018-10289 GNU Libextractor before 1.7 has a stack-based buffer overflow in ec_read_file_func (unzip.c). CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2017-11184 In GNU Libextractor 1.4, there is a NULL Pointer Dereference in flac_metadata in flac_extractor.c. CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2017-11396 In GNU Libextractor 1.4, there is a NULL Pointer Dereference in the… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2017-11398 In GNU Libextractor 1.4, there is an integer signedness error for the chunk size in the… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2018-14476 GNU Libextractor through 1.8 has a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in the function… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.5
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Sources

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