VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-17440

CVSS score6.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability2.36%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-12-06
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference

Primary references