CVE-2017-6802
Ytnef Heap-Based Buffer Over-Read Vulnerability
Description
An issue was discovered in ytnef before 1.9.2. There is a potential heap-based buffer over-read on incoming Compressed RTF Streams, related to DecompressRTF() in libytnef.
INFO
Published Date :
March 10, 2017, 10:59 a.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 7, 2023, 2:49 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
3.9
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CVE-2017-6802 vulnerability over time.
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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] -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Mar. 19, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3846 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3846 Third Party Advisory Removed CWE CWE-119 Added CWE CWE-125 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 04, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3846 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Mar. 13, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Changed Reference Type https://github.com/Yeraze/ytnef/commit/22f8346c8d4f0020a40d9f258fdb3bfc097359cc No Types Assigned https://github.com/Yeraze/ytnef/commit/22f8346c8d4f0020a40d9f258fdb3bfc097359cc Patch Changed Reference Type https://github.com/Yeraze/ytnef/issues/34 No Types Assigned https://github.com/Yeraze/ytnef/issues/34 Issue Tracking, Patch Added CWE CWE-119 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:ytnef_project:ytnef:1.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2017-6802
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
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0.25 }} 0.00%
score
0.60907
percentile