FKIE_CVE-2017-17440
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-12-06 17:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:10
Severity
Summary
GNU Libextractor 1.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted GIF, IT (Impulse Tracker), NSFE, S3M (Scream Tracker 3), SID, or XM (eXtended Module) file, as demonstrated by the EXTRACTOR_xm_extract_method function in plugins/xm_extractor.c.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| gnu | libextractor | 1.6 |
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