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Status published
Medium
CVE-2018-20430
GNU Libextractor through 1.8 has an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in...
Vulnerability Description
GNU Libextractor through 1.8 has an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the function history_extract() in plugins/ole2_extractor.c, related to EXTRACTOR_common_convert_to_utf8 in common/convert.c.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00015.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4361
- https://gnunet.org/git/libextractor.git/tree/ChangeLog
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106300
- https://gnunet.org/git/libextractor.git/commit/?id=b405d707b36e0654900cba78e89f49779efea110
- https://gnunet.org/bugs/view.php?id=5493
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Affected Vendor
Affected Software
libextractor, debian linux
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 8.0, 9.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
December 24th, 2018
Last Modified:
August 5th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.