Ytnef
CVE-2017-6298
HIGH
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A10:2025 - Mishandling of Exceptional Conditions
ASVS 5.0
V16 - Security Logging and Error Handling Null pointer safety, defensive checks
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Impact The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH). Attack characteristics: local attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.31%. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A local attacker with access to the system could crash the application by dereferencing a null pointer. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
An issue was discovered in ytnef before 1.9.1. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. This NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability could allow attackers to crash the application by dereferencing a null pointer.
RemediationAI
A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Check pointers before dereferencing. Use static analysis tools to detect null pointer paths.
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This vulnerability is classified as NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476), which allows attackers to crash the application by dereferencing a null pointer. 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." Affected products include: Ytnef Project Ytnef, Debian Debian Linux. Version information: before 1.9.1..
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionCVE.org
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."
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Attack Technique
A null pointer dereference occurs when a program attempts to access memory through a pointer that has been set to NULL (address 0x0).
Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.
Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org
The TNEFFillMapi function in lib/ytnef.c in libytnef in ytnef through 1.9.2 does not ensure a nonzero count value before
In ytnef 1.9.3, the SwapWord function in lib/ytnef.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service (and potential
In ytnef 1.9.3, the TNEFSubjectHandler function in lib/ytnef.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service (and
An issue was discovered in ytnef before 1.9.2. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitabl
Heap out-of-bounds read in ytnef through 2.1.2 allows an attacker to crash the ytnefprint utility and incidentally leak
Heap out-of-bounds read in ytnef through 2.1.2 allows unauthenticated local attackers to crash the application and leak
In libytnef in ytnef through 1.9.2, there is a heap-based buffer over-read due to incorrect boundary checking in the SIZ
In ytnef 1.9.2, the TNEFFillMapi function in lib/ytnef.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory co
In ytnef 1.9.2, the SwapWord function in lib/ytnef.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based bu
In ytnef 1.9.2, the MAPIPrint function in lib/ytnef.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer
In ytnef 1.9.2, the DecompressRTF function in lib/ytnef.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-bas
In ytnef 1.9.2, the SwapDWord function in lib/ytnef.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based b
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