CVE-2019-15531
GNU Libextractor through 1.9 has a heap-based buffer over-read in the function EXTRACTOR_dvi_extract_method in plugins/dvi_extractor.c.
02 Description
GNU Libextractor through 1.9 has a heap-based buffer over-read in the function EXTRACTOR_dvi_extract_method in plugins/dvi_extractor.c.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.69% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 76.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2019-08-23 16:03Z7 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 00:49Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2019-08-23
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-125Out-of-bounds ReadBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 28744c95b69a54fe1d195672ba437029855a1419c7c1d393bd7ab2ea6cfe0c1d
05 Affected products
06 References
- bugs.gnunet.orghttps://bugs.gnunet.org/view.php?id=5846
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20190830 [SECURITY] [DLA 1904-1] libextractor security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00038.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-62b65ed7f6https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GRQUHTSNOCKGRKPRXPUJ6FGTVZ2K5POL/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-5628767261https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MUJWNWDGGXQLTNQNELKERJ7DLW7E22BK/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-b467cab3c8https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DV5YBIS2UUNUUKQOEKDWUKEEWJIKWFMZ/
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20211226 [SECURITY] [DLA 2851-1] libextractor security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00016.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- libextractor Fixed in 1:1.9-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- libextractor Fixed in 1:1.9-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libextractor Fixed in 1:1.9-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- libextractor No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- libextractor No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- libextractor Fixed in 1:1.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.