High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Oct 18, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-15602
CVE-2017-15602
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.
Patches
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References
3- lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-10/msg00005.htmlnvdExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libextractor/libextractor-1.6.tar.gznvdProduct
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00000.htmlnvd
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