UBUNTU-CVE-2019-15531

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-15531
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2019/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-15531.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-15531
Upstream
Published
2019-08-23T17:15:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:47:49Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

GNU Libextractor through 1.9 has a heap-based buffer over-read in the function EXTRACTORdviextractmethod in plugins/dviextractor.c.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / libextractor

Package

Name
libextractor
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libextractor@1:1.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:1.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Affected versions

1:1.*

1:1.1-1ubuntu1
1:1.2-1ubuntu1
1:1.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "extract",
            "binary_version": "1:1.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libextractor-dev",
            "binary_version": "1:1.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libextractor3",
            "binary_version": "1:1.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2019/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-15531.json"

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / libextractor

Package

Name
libextractor
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libextractor@1:1.3-4+deb9u3build0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:1.*

1:1.3-2build1
1:1.3-2ubuntu1
1:1.3-3
1:1.3-4+deb9u3build0.16.04.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "extract",
            "binary_version": "1:1.3-4+deb9u3build0.16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libextractor-dev",
            "binary_version": "1:1.3-4+deb9u3build0.16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libextractor3",
            "binary_version": "1:1.3-4+deb9u3build0.16.04.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2019/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-15531.json"

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / libextractor

Package

Name
libextractor
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libextractor@1:1.6-2?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:1.*

1:1.3-4build3
1:1.6-1
1:1.6-1build1
1:1.6-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "extract",
            "binary_version": "1:1.6-2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libextractor-dev",
            "binary_version": "1:1.6-2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libextractor3",
            "binary_version": "1:1.6-2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2019/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-15531.json"