Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Dec 24, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-20430

Description

GNU Libextractor through 1.8 has an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the function history_extract() in plugins/ole2_extractor.c, related to EXTRACTOR_common_convert_to_utf8 in common/convert.c.

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Affected products

GNOME Foundation/Libextractorinferred
Range: <=1.8
GNU/Libextractorllm-fuzzy2 versions
<=1.8+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <=1.8
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:libextractor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=1.8
Debian/linux2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

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References

gnunet.org/git/libextractor.git/commit/nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
gnunet.org/bugs/view.phpnvdExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/106300nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
gnunet.org/git/libextractor.git/tree/ChangeLognvdRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00015.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4361nvdThird Party Advisory

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