CVE-2017-15602

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

In GNU Libextractor 1.4, there is an integer signedness error for the chunk size in the EXTRACTOR_nsfe_extract_method function in plugins/nsfe_extractor.c, leading to an infinite loop for a crafted size.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-835

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-10/msg00005.htmlExploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libextractor/libextractor-1.6.tar.gzProduct
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00000.html
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-10/msg00005.htmlExploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libextractor/libextractor-1.6.tar.gzProduct
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00000.html

Timeline

Published: Oct 18, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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