5.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2017-6596
Partclone heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability
Description

partclone.chkimg in partclone 0.2.89 is prone to a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability due to insufficient validation of the partclone image header. An attacker may be able to launch a 'Denial of Service attack' in the context of the user running the affected application.

INFO

Published Date :

March 10, 2017, 10:59 a.m.

Last Modified :

March 13, 2017, 4:39 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2017-6596 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2017-6596 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 Partclone_project partclone
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://github.com/insidej/Partclone_HeapOverFlow/blob/master/README.md Third Party Advisory

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Details of Partclone(partclone.chkimg) vulnerability that caused Heapoverflow(Denial Of Service)

Updated: 7 years, 6 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : March 10, 2017, 4:42 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2017-6596 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 [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 13, 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/insidej/Partclone_HeapOverFlow/blob/master/README.md No Types Assigned https://github.com/insidej/Partclone_HeapOverFlow/blob/master/README.md Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-119
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:partclone_project:partclone:0.2.89:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Exploit Prediction

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

0.06 }} 0.00%

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0.21396

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