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Vulnerability details: VCID-3bg1-rwze-kuhw
Vulnerability ID VCID-3bg1-rwze-kuhw
Aliases CVE-2017-15601
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.8
Risk 3.4
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
System Score Found at
epss 0.00432 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-15601
epss 0.00432 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-15601
epss 0.00432 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-15601
epss 0.00432 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-15601
epss 0.00432 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-15601
epss 0.00432 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-15601
epss 0.00432 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-15601
epss 0.00432 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-15601
epss 0.00432 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-15601
cvssv2 5.0 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15601
cvssv3 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15601
Reference id Reference type URL
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-10/msg00006.html
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-15601
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-15601
https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libextractor/libextractor-1.6.tar.gz
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00000.html
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:libextractor:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:gnu:libextractor:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2017-15601 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15601
USN-4641-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4641-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15601
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15601
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.62587
EPSS Score 0.00432
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T16:32:32.307848+00:00 Debian Oval Importer Import https://www.debian.org/security/oval/oval-definitions-bullseye.xml.bz2 38.0.0