CVE-2017-6309 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An issue was discovered in tnef before 1.4.13. Two type confusions have been identified in the parse_file() function. These might lead to invalid read and write operations, controlled by an attacker.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00443.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Debian	Debian Linux
Tnef Project	Tnef

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:tnef_project:tnef:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3798
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96427
https://github.com/verdammelt/tnef/blob/master/ChangeLog
https://github.com/verdammelt/tnef/commit/8dccf79857ceeb7a6d3e42c1e762e7b865d5344d
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-02
https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2017-004-tnef/

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-02-24T04:23:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T15:25:48.985Z

Reserved: 2017-02-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-6309

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-02-24T04:59:00.637

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-6309

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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