CVE-2017-12142

medium

Description

In ytnef 1.9.2, an invalid memory read vulnerability was found in the function SwapDWord in ytnef.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.

References

https://somevulnsofadlab.blogspot.com/2017/07/ytnefinvalid-memory-read-in-swapdword.html

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

https://github.com/Yeraze/ytnef/issues/49

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-08-02

Updated: 2025-04-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

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