What is CVE-2017-15922?

CVE-2017-15922 is a medium-severity vulnerability in GNU Libextractor, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-10-26.

How severe is CVE-2017-15922?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in GNU Libextractor

CVE-2017-15922

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

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2017-10-26 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.013 (69.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 70th percentile — 69.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000

Affected products

GNU Libextractor — versions 1.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/101595 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-10/msg00008.html (Exploit, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00000.html (mailing-list)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-15922?: CVE-2017-15922 is a medium-severity vulnerability in GNU Libextractor, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-10-26.
How severe is CVE-2017-15922?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.