CVE-2017-15266

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4641-1

Severity Score

5.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

In GNU Libextractor 1.4, there is a Divide-By-Zero in EXTRACTOR_wav_extract_method in wav_extractor.c via a zero sample rate.

En GNU Libextractor 1.4, hay una vulnerabilidad de división entre cero en EXTRACTOR_wav_extract_method en wav_extractor.c a través de una tasa de muestreo cero.

It was discovered that Libextractor incorrectly handled zero sample rate. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. It was discovered that Libextractor incorrectly handled certain FLAC metadata. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. It was discovered that Libextractor incorrectly handled certain specially crafted files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. Various other issues were also addressed.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2017-10-11 CVE Reserved
2017-10-11 CVE Published
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
2024-08-05 First Exploit
2024-12-17 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-369: Divide By Zero

CAPEC

References (5)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101271	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00000.html	Mailing List

URL	Date	SRC
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1499599	2024-08-05

URL	Date	SRC
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/10/11/1	2018-02-04

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-10/msg00002.html	2018-02-04

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Gnu Search vendor "Gnu"		Libextractor Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Libextractor"				1.4 Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Libextractor" and version "1.4"		-		Affected