{"id":"CVE-2017-15601","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-15601","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:18:59.555Z","title":"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.","description":"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.","published":"2017-10-18T21:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:07:57.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["gnu/libextractor"],"epss":{"score":0.01641,"percentile":0.76267,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.64%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-10/msg00006.html","tags":["Exploit","Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libextractor/libextractor-1.6.tar.gz","tags":["Product"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00000.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-10/msg00006.html","tags":["Exploit","Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libextractor/libextractor-1.6.tar.gz","tags":["Product"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00000.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15601","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}