Libextractor 'plugins/nsf_extractor.c' Null Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:101536

Info

Libextractor 'plugins/nsf_extractor.c' Null Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 101536
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2017-15600
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Oct 13 2017 12:00AM
Updated: Oct 13 2017 12:00AM
Credit: Zhao Liang from Huawei Weiran Labs.
Vulnerable: GNU libextractor 1.4
Not Vulnerable: GNU libextractor 1.6

Discussion

Libextractor 'plugins/nsf_extractor.c' Null Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability

Libextractor is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability.

Attackers can exploit this issue to crash the affected application, resulting in a denial-of-service condition.

Libextractor 1.4 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

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