CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-9146
8.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-05-22
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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-119
Description
The TNEFFillMapi function in lib/ytnef.c in libytnef in ytnef through 1.9.2 does not ensure a nonzero count value before a certain memory allocation, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted tnef file.
Affected configurations
• ytnef project ytnef (<= 1.9.2)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=862707 Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/Yeraze/ytnef/issues/47 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LFJWMUEUC4ILH2HEOCYVVLQT654ZMCGQ/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3667-1/ usn.ubuntu.com
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=862707 Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/Yeraze/ytnef/issues/47 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LFJWMUEUC4ILH2HEOCYVVLQT654ZMCGQ/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3667-1/ usn.ubuntu.com