CVE-2017-9473

medium

Description

In ytnef 1.9.2, the TNEFFillMapi function in lib/ytnef.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted file.

References

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3667-1/

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

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2017-18405

https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/05/24/ytnef-memory-allocation-failure-in-tneffillmapi-ytnef-c/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-06-07

Updated: 2026-06-17

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