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CVE-2017-6300 Details

Description

An issue was discovered in ytnef before 1.9.1. This is related to a patch described as "3 of 9. Buffer Overflow in version field in lib/tnef-types.h."

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://github.com/Yeraze/ytnef/pull/27 CVEIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LFJWMUEUC4ILH2HEOCYVVLQT654ZMCGQ/ CVE
https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2017-002-ytnef/ CVEPatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3846 CVEThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/15/4 CVEMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory

see all 12 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
ytnef project ytnef
<= 1.9

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:ytnef_project:ytnef:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux
8.0
9.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

10 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-6300
NVD Published Date:
Feb 24, 2017
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2017-6300 Details - Not Deferred