CVE-2017-6299

5.5 MEDIUM

Published: February 24, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026

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."

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

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

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3846

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/15/4

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96423

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

https://github.com/Yeraze/ytnef/pull/27

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LFJWMUEUC4ILH2HEOCYVVLQT654ZMCGQ/

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2017-002-ytnef/

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Third Party Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3846