CVE-2017-6299

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5
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."
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-6299
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2017-02-24T04:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-10-03T00:03:26
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-835 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/835.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:ytnef_project:ytnef:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.9
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 5.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2017-002-ytnef/ Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/Yeraze/ytnef/pull/27 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/15/4 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96423 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3846 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LFJWMUEUC4ILH2HEOCYVVLQT654ZMCGQ/
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6299
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6299
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:27:37 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 14:14:14 2017-02-24T04:59Z 2017-02-24T04:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 14:14:14 2019-10-03T00:03:26 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 14:14:14 Modified Vulnerability Status updated