CVE-2017-12141

MEDIUM

ytnef <1.9.2 - Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm

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.

References (4)

[Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://github.com/Yeraze/ytnef/issues/50

[Third Party Advisory] https://somevulnsofadlab.blogspot.com/2017/07/ytnefheap-buffer-overflow-in.html

[Vendor Advisory] https://usn.ubuntu.com/3667-1/

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LFJWMUEUC4ILH2HEOCYVVLQT654ZMCGQ/

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0017

EPSS Percentile 38.6%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-119

Status published

Products (2)

ytnef_project/ytnef

n/a/n/a

Published Aug 02, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026