CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-6309
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-02-24
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-125, CWE-787
Description
An issue was discovered in tnef before 1.4.13. Two type confusions have been identified in the parse_file() function. These might lead to invalid read and write operations, controlled by an attacker.
Affected configurations
• tnef project tnef (<= 1.4.12)
• debian debian linux 8.0
Related
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3798 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96427 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/verdammelt/tnef/blob/master/ChangeLog Patch, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/verdammelt/tnef/commit/8dccf79857ceeb7a6d3e42c1e762e7b865d5344d Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-02 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2017-004-tnef/ Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3798 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96427 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/verdammelt/tnef/blob/master/ChangeLog Patch, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/verdammelt/tnef/commit/8dccf79857ceeb7a6d3e42c1e762e7b865d5344d Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-02 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2017-004-tnef/ Patch, Third Party Advisory