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CVE-2017-15266

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-15266 describes a Divide-By-Zero vulnerability in GNU Libextractor version 1.4, specifically within the EXTRACTOR_wav_extract_method function in wav_extractor.c, triggered by a zero sample rate in a WAV file. This vulnerability has a CVSSv3 score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and leading to high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, nor significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:libextractor:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.44%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
70.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0144 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 5,765 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

lists.gnu.org / archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-10/msg00002.html
Mailing ListVendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2017/10/11/1
Mailing ListPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00000.html
securityfocus.com / bid/101271
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry