CVE-2018-20431 (GCVE-0-2018-20431)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-12-24 05:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 11:58
VLAI
Summary
GNU Libextractor through 1.8 has a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in the function process_metadata() in plugins/ole2_extractor.c.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
6 references
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|---|---|
| https://gnunet.org/bugs/view.php?id=5494 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4361 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
| https://gnunet.org/git/libextractor.git/tree/ChangeLog | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://gnunet.org/git/libextractor.git/commit/?i… | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106300 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
Date Public
2018-12-23 00:00
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