Division by zero in Libextractor - CVE-2017-15266

 

Division by zero in Libextractor - CVE-2017-15266

Published: October 11, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU38077
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-15266
CWE-ID: CWE-369
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: GNU
Affected software:
Libextractor

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

In GNU Libextractor 1.4, there is a Divide-By-Zero in EXTRACTOR_wav_extract_method in wav_extractor.c via a zero sample rate.


How to mitigate CVE-2017-15266

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources