CVE-2017-15601
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.43%
Description
In GNU Libextractor 1.4, there is a heap-based buffer overflow in the EXTRACTOR_png_extract_method function in plugins/png_extractor.c, related to processiTXt and stndup.
How to fix CVE-2017-15601
To remediate CVE-2017-15601, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/libextractor—upgrade to 1:1.6-1 or later
Is CVE-2017-15601 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1:1.6-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |