Bug 1510986 (CVE-2017-15601) - CVE-2017-15601 libextractor: Heap based buffer overflow in the EXTRACTOR_png_extract_method function
Summary: CVE-2017-15601 libextractor: Heap based buffer overflow in the EXTRACTOR_png_...
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: CVE-2017-15601
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: 2017-11-08 13:47 UTC by Andrej Nemec
Modified: 2019-09-29 14:25 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2019-06-08 03:30:53 UTC
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Description Andrej Nemec 2017-11-08 13:47:26 UTC 
In GNU Libextractor 1.4, there is a heap-based buffer overflow in the EXTRACTOR_png_extract_method function in plugins/png_extractor.c, related to processiTXt and stndup.

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http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-10/msg00006.html
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