Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting libytnef package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.01% (62nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-LIBYTNEF-369649
  • published2 Aug 2017
  • disclosed2 Aug 2017

Introduced: 2 Aug 2017

CVE-2017-12144  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:8 libytnef.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libytnef package and not the libytnef package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

In ytnef 1.9.2, an allocation failure was found in the function TNEFFillMapi in ytnef.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.