CVE-2017-6308 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An issue was discovered in tnef before 1.4.13. Several Integer Overflows, which can lead to Heap Overflows, have been identified in the functions that wrap memory allocation.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00276.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Debian	Debian Linux
Tnef Project	Tnef

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:tnef_project:tnef:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-839-1	tnef security update
Debian DLA	DLA-839-2	tnef regression update
Debian DSA	DSA-3798-1	tnef security update
EUVD	EUVD-2017-15369	An issue was discovered in tnef before 1.4.13. Several Integer Overflows, which can lead to Heap Overflows, have been identified in the functions that wrap memory allocation.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3798
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96427
https://github.com/verdammelt/tnef/blob/master/ChangeLog
https://github.com/verdammelt/tnef/commit/c5044689e50039635e7700fe2472fd632ac77176
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-02
https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2017-004-tnef/

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-02-24T04:23:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T15:25:49.020Z

Reserved: 2017-02-23T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-6308

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-02-24T04:59:00.607

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-6308

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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