5.5
CVSSv3

CVE-2017-9472

Published: 07/06/2017 Updated: 07/11/2023
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.3 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 8.6
CVSS v3 Base Score: 5.5 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 1.8
VMScore: 383
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

In ytnef 1.9.2, the SwapDWord function in lib/ytnef.c allows remote malicious users to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted file.

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ytnef project ytnef 1.9.2

Vendor Advisories

Debian Bug report logs - #870193 libytnef: CVE-2017-9472: heap-based buffer overflow in SwapDWord Package: src:libytnef; Maintainer for src:libytnef is Ricardo Mones <mones@debianorg>; Reported by: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debianorg> Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2017 20:33:04 UTC Severity: important Tags: fixed-upstream, ...