CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-15602

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Published: Oct 18, 2017 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW

In GNU Libextractor 1.4, there is an integer signedness error for the chunk size in the EXTRACTOR_nsfe_extract_method function in plugins/nsfe_extractor.c, leading to an infinite loop for a crafted size.

Weakness

The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Libextractor Gnu 1.4 (including) 1.4 (including)
Libextractor Ubuntu artful *
Libextractor Ubuntu esm-infra-legacy/trusty *
Libextractor Ubuntu trusty *
Libextractor Ubuntu trusty/esm *
Libextractor Ubuntu upstream *
Libextractor Ubuntu xenial *
Libextractor Ubuntu zesty *

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