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CVE-2017-6802

Published: Mar 10, 2017Updated: May 13, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-125
NVD MITRE
7.5CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
1.4%
Top 30.7%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

An issue was discovered in ytnef before 1.9.2. There is a potential heap-based buffer over-read on incoming Compressed RTF Streams, related to DecompressRTF() in libytnef.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-125

Affected Products

n/an/a
ytnefytnef project
Library
OSS Libraries / generic-library
debian linuxdebian
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
ytnef projectoss-projectOSS Librariesaka ytnef
debianoss-projectGBOperating Systemsaka debian gnu/linux

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
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References

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3846
debian.org
https://github.com/Yeraze/ytnef/issues/34
github.com
https://github.com/Yeraze/ytnef/commit/22f8346c8d4f0020a40d9f258fdb3bfc097359cc
github.com
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Timeline

Published
Mar 10, 2017
Last Updated
May 13, 2026

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