What is CVE-2017-15602?

CVE-2017-15602 is a high-severity vulnerability in GNU Libextractor, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-10-18.

How severe is CVE-2017-15602?

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

Vulnerability in GNU Libextractor

CVE-2017-15602

In GNU Libextractor 1.4, there is an integer signedness error for the chunk size in the EXTRACTOR_nsfe_extract_method function in plugins/nsfe_extractor.c, leading to an infinite loop for a crafted size.

Published 2017-10-18 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.015 (73.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 73rd percentile — 73.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: 0.000

Affected products

GNU Libextractor — versions 1.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-835 — Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop)

References

lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-10/msg00005.html (Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libextractor/libextractor-1.6.tar.gz (Product)
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00000.html (mailing-list)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-15602?: CVE-2017-15602 is a high-severity vulnerability in GNU Libextractor, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-10-18.
How severe is CVE-2017-15602?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.