Bug 1515309 (CVE-2017-15922)

Summary: CVE-2017-15922 libextractor: Out of bounds read in the EXTRACTOR_dvi_extract_method function
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Andrej Nemec <anemec>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: ccoleman, dedgar, dmcphers, gwync, jgoulding, rh-bugzilla, sheltren
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Description Andrej Nemec 2017-11-20 14:36:23 UTC
In GNU Libextractor 1.4, there is an out-of-bounds read in the EXTRACTOR_dvi_extract_method function in plugins/dvi_extractor.c. A local attacker could use this for a denial of service attack.