CVE-2017-6299

MEDIUM

Ytnef < 1.9 - Infinite Loop

Title source: rule

Description

An issue was discovered in ytnef before 1.9.1. This is related to a patch described as "2 of 9. Infinite Loop / DoS in the TNEFFillMapi function in lib/ytnef.c."

References (6)

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3846

[Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/15/4

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96423

[Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://github.com/Yeraze/ytnef/pull/27

[Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2017-002-ytnef/

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

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0035

EPSS Percentile 57.3%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

Classification

CWE

CWE-835

Status published

Affected Products (4)

ytnef_project/ytnef < 1.9

debian/debian_linux

n/a/n/a

Timeline

Published Feb 24, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026