usn-4641-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2020-11-23 18:02
Modified
2026-04-27 14:11
Summary
libextractor vulnerabilities
Details

It was discovered that Libextractor incorrectly handled zero sample rate. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2017-15266)

It was discovered that Libextractor incorrectly handled certain FLAC metadata. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2017-15267)

It was discovered that Libextractor incorrectly handled certain specially crafted files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2017-15600, CVE-2018-16430, CVE-2018-20430)

It was discovered that Libextractor incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2017-15601)

It was discovered that Libextractor incorrectly handled integers. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2017-15602)

It was discovered that Libextractore incorrectly handled certain crafted files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2017-15922)

It was discovered tha Libextractor incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2017-17440)

It was discovered that Libextractor incorrectly handled certain malformed files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2018-14346)

It was discovered that Libextractor incorrectly handled malformed files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2018-14347)

It was discovered that Libextractor incorrectly handled metadata. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2018-20431)

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  "affected": [
    {
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          "cves": [
            {
              "id": "CVE-2017-15266",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2017-15267",
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                {
                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2017-15600",
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                {
                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
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                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2017-15602",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                  "score": "low",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            },
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              "id": "CVE-2017-15922",
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                {
                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                  "score": "low",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2017-17440",
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                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2018-14346",
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                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2018-14347",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2018-16430",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2018-20430",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2018-20431",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS"
        }
      },
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "extract",
            "binary_version": "1:1.3-4+deb9u3build0.16.04.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libextractor3",
            "binary_version": "1:1.3-4+deb9u3build0.16.04.1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "libextractor",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/libextractor@1:1.3-4+deb9u3build0.16.04.1?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1:1.3-4+deb9u3build0.16.04.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "1:1.3-2build1",
        "1:1.3-2ubuntu1",
        "1:1.3-3"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "It was discovered that Libextractor incorrectly handled zero sample rate.\nAn attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.\n(CVE-2017-15266)\n\nIt was discovered that Libextractor incorrectly handled certain FLAC\nmetadata. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of\nservice. (CVE-2017-15267)\n\nIt was discovered that Libextractor incorrectly handled certain specially\ncrafted files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial\nof service. (CVE-2017-15600, CVE-2018-16430, CVE-2018-20430)\n\nIt was discovered that Libextractor incorrectly handled certain inputs. An\nattacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.\n(CVE-2017-15601)\n\nIt was discovered that Libextractor incorrectly handled integers. An\nattacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.\n(CVE-2017-15602)\n\nIt was discovered that Libextractore incorrectly handled certain crafted\nfiles. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of\nservice. (CVE-2017-15922)\n\nIt was discovered tha Libextractor incorrectly handled certain files. An\nattacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.\n(CVE-2017-17440)\n\nIt was discovered that Libextractor incorrectly handled certain malformed\nfiles. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of\nservice. (CVE-2018-14346)\n\nIt was discovered that Libextractor incorrectly handled malformed files. An\nattacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.\n(CVE-2018-14347)\n\nIt was discovered that Libextractor incorrectly handled metadata. An\nattacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.\n(CVE-2018-20431)\n",
  "id": "USN-4641-1",
  "modified": "2026-04-27T14:11:26Z",
  "published": "2020-11-23T18:02:19Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4641-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-15266"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-15267"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-15600"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-15601"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-15602"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-15922"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17440"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-14346"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-14347"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16430"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-20430"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-20431"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "libextractor vulnerabilities",
  "upstream": [
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15266",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15267",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15600",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15601",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15602",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15922",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17440",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2018-14346",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2018-14347",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16430",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2018-20430",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2018-20431"
  ]
}



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