{"id":"CVE-2017-17440","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-17440","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T22:08:48.878Z","title":"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…","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.","published":"2017-12-06T17:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:10:48.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":6.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-476"],"affected":["gnu/libextractor"],"epss":{"score":0.0236,"percentile":0.83684,"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":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.36%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102116","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://bugs.debian.org/883528#35","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://gnunet.org/git/libextractor.git/commit/?id=7cc63b001ceaf81143795321379c835486d0c92e","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-11/msg00000.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-11/msg00001.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-11/msg00002.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-11/msg00004.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-11/msg00005.html","tags":["Issue Tracking"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102116","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugs.debian.org/883528#35","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://gnunet.org/git/libextractor.git/commit/?id=7cc63b001ceaf81143795321379c835486d0c92e","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-11/msg00000.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-11/msg00001.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-11/msg00002.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-11/msg00004.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-11/msg00005.html","tags":["Issue Tracking"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17440","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."}