5.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2017-12141
ytnef Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Denial of Service
Description

In ytnef 1.9.2, a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the function TNEFFillMapi in ytnef.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 2, 2017, 5:29 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 3:08 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2017-12141 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Ytnef_project ytnef

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2017-12141 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2017-12141 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://github.com/Yeraze/ytnef/issues/50
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LFJWMUEUC4ILH2HEOCYVVLQT654ZMCGQ/
    Added Reference https://somevulnsofadlab.blogspot.com/2017/07/ytnefheap-buffer-overflow-in.html
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3667-1/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LFJWMUEUC4ILH2HEOCYVVLQT654ZMCGQ/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/LFJWMUEUC4ILH2HEOCYVVLQT654ZMCGQ/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 18, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/LFJWMUEUC4ILH2HEOCYVVLQT654ZMCGQ/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 02, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3667-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 02, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/Yeraze/ytnef/issues/50 No Types Assigned https://github.com/Yeraze/ytnef/issues/50 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://somevulnsofadlab.blogspot.com/2017/07/ytnefheap-buffer-overflow-in.html No Types Assigned https://somevulnsofadlab.blogspot.com/2017/07/ytnefheap-buffer-overflow-in.html Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-119
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:ytnef_project:ytnef:1.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.14 }} 0.00%

score

0.47320

percentile

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