PT-2018-1954
CVE-2018-16430
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Published
2018-07-20
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Updated
2020-11-23
Description by
CVSS 2.0
9.3
HighMetricsAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
GNU Libextractor versions prior to 1.8
Description
The issue is related to an out-of-bounds read in the
EXTRACTOR zip extract method() function, located in zip extractor.c. This could potentially allow a remote attacker to impact the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of protected information.Recommendations
For GNU Libextractor versions prior to 1.8, consider updating to a version that includes a fix for the out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the
EXTRACTOR zip extract method() function.
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