CVE-2017-17440
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17440
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-17440.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-17440
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2017-12-06T17:29:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T20:01:27Z
- Severity
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- 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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 EXTRACTORxmextractmethod function in plugins/xmextractor.c.
- References
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- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102116
- https://bugs.debian.org/883528#35
- https://gnunet.org/git/libextractor.git/commit/?id=7cc63b001ceaf81143795321379c835486d0c92e
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-11/msg00000.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-11/msg00001.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-11/msg00002.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-11/msg00004.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-11/msg00005.html