UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15922

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-15922
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15922.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15922
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Published
2017-10-26T18:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:44:29Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

In GNU Libextractor 1.4, there is an out-of-bounds read in the EXTRACTORdviextractmethod function in plugins/dviextractor.c.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / libextractor

Package

Name
libextractor
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libextractor@1:1.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:1.*

1:1.1-1ubuntu1
1:1.2-1ubuntu1
1:1.3-1
1:1.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "extract"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "libextractor-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "libextractor3"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / libextractor

Package

Name
libextractor
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libextractor@1:1.3-4+deb9u3build0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:1.3-4+deb9u3build0.16.04.1

Affected versions

1:1.*

1:1.3-2build1
1:1.3-2ubuntu1
1:1.3-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.3-4+deb9u3build0.16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "extract"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.3-4+deb9u3build0.16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libextractor-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.3-4+deb9u3build0.16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libextractor3"
        }
    ]
}