What is CVE-2017-15601?

CVE-2017-15601 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gnu Libextractor, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-10-18.

How severe is CVE-2017-15601?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Gnu Libextractor

CVE-2017-15601

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.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.016 (73.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Gnu Libextractor — versions 1.4
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

cve@mitre.org (Product, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-15601?: CVE-2017-15601 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gnu Libextractor, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-10-18.
How severe is CVE-2017-15601?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.