CVE-2017-6802

7.5 HIGH

Published: March 10, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026

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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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

https://github.com/Yeraze/ytnef/commit/22f8346c8d4f0020a40d9f258fdb3bfc097359cc

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

https://github.com/Yeraze/ytnef/issues/34

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking Patch

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

https://github.com/Yeraze/ytnef/commit/22f8346c8d4f0020a40d9f258fdb3bfc097359cc

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Patch

https://github.com/Yeraze/ytnef/issues/34

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Issue Tracking Patch

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

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

8 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

7.5 / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

1.4%

69th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-125

Affected Vendors

ytnef_project debian

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