CVE-2018-20431

Summary

CVECVE-2018-20431
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-12-24 05:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-01-10 19:41:00 UTC
DescriptionGNU Libextractor through 1.8 has a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in the function process_metadata() in plugins/ole2_extractor.c.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-476

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Gnu Libextractor All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
libextractor.git - Unnamed repository; edit this file 'description' to name the repository. MISC gnunet.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
0005494: Null Pointer Dereference in function process_metadata - GNUnet Bug Tracker MISC gnunet.org Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
ChangeLog - libextractor.git - GNU libextractor MISC gnunet.org Third Party Advisory
Malformed Request BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4361-1 libextractor DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1616-1] libextractor security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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