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CVE-2017-6298

high

Description

An issue was discovered in ytnef before 1.9.1. This is related to a patch described as "1 of 9. Null Pointer Deref / calloc return value not checked."

References

https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2017-002-ytnef/

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

https://github.com/Yeraze/ytnef/pull/27

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96423

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/15/4

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-02-24

Updated: 2025-04-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00461