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Vulnerability details: VCID-e7d8-z99q-jkem
Vulnerability ID VCID-e7d8-z99q-jkem
Aliases CVE-2017-17440
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (0)
There are no known CWE.
System Score Found at
epss 0.00531 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-17440
epss 0.00531 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-17440
epss 0.00531 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-17440
epss 0.00531 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-17440
archlinux Medium https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-541
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-17440
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-17440
883528 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=883528
ASA-201807-16 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201807-16
AVG-541 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-541
USN-4641-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4641-1/
No exploits are available.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.67595
EPSS Score 0.00531
Published At June 4, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-04T16:40:15.309921+00:00 Debian Importer Import https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/data/json 38.6.0