CVE-2017-17440

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 6.5
Description
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 EXTRACTOR_xm_extract_method function in plugins/xm_extractor.c.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-17440
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-12-06T17:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-12-22T14:20:31
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-476 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:libextractor:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 6.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-11/msg00005.html Issue Tracking
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-11/msg00004.html Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-11/msg00002.html Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-11/msg00001.html Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-11/msg00000.html Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://gnunet.org/git/libextractor.git/commit/?id=7cc63b001ceaf81143795321379c835486d0c92e Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/883528#35 Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102116 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17440
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-17440
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:54:38 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 23:44:18 2017-12-06T17:29Z 2017-12-06T17:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 23:44:18 2017-12-22T14:20:31 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 23:44:18 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated