Bug 1506616 (CVE-2017-15267) - CVE-2017-15267 libextractor: NULL pointer dereference in flac_metadata
Summary: CVE-2017-15267 libextractor: NULL pointer dereference in flac_metadata
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: CVE-2017-15267
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Reported: 2017-10-26 12:59 UTC by Andrej Nemec
Modified: 2019-09-29 14:24 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2019-06-08 03:30:01 UTC
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Description Andrej Nemec 2017-10-26 12:59:29 UTC 
In GNU Libextractor 1.4, there is a NULL Pointer Dereference in flac_metadata in flac_extractor.c. A local attacker might use this for a denial of service.

References:

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-10/msg00001.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1499600
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/10/11/1
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