DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17440

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17440
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17440.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17440
Upstream
Published
2017-12-06T17:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-30T03:54:39Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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 EXTRACTORxmextractmethod function in plugins/xmextractor.c.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / libextractor

Package

Name
libextractor
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libextractor?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:1.6-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / libextractor

Package

Name
libextractor
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libextractor?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:1.6-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / libextractor

Package

Name
libextractor
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libextractor?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:1.6-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / libextractor

Package

Name
libextractor
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libextractor?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:1.6-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}