CVE-2017-6802
high
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.5
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1.9.2-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1.9.2-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1.9.2-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1.9.2-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1.9.2-1 |
| debian | 8.0 | affected | |
| debian | 9.0 | affected | |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| ytnef_project | ytnef | {"endIncluding":"1.9.1"} | |
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3846
- https://github.com/Yeraze/ytnef/commit/22f8346c8d4f0020a40d9f258fdb3bfc097359cc
- https://github.com/Yeraze/ytnef/issues/34
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LFJWMUEUC4ILH2HEOCYVVLQT654ZMCGQ/
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-6802
CWEs
CWE-125
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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