CVE-2017-12144 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Project Ytnef

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling8 documents5 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 44.07%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Debian LibytnefYtnef Project Ytnef
Timeline
PublishedAug 2
Latest updateMay 13

Description

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶debiandebian/libytnef< libytnef 1.9.3-1 (bookworm)

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-r7jw-x37r-vm35: In ytnef 1↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2017-12144: In ytnef 1↗2017-08-02
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Debian
CVE-2017-12144: libytnef - In ytnef 1.9.2, an allocation failure was found in the function TNEFFillMapi in ...↗2017
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💬Community

4
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-12141 CVE-2017-12142 CVE-2017-12144 libytnef: various flaws [epel-all]↗2017-08-02
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-12141 CVE-2017-12142 CVE-2017-12144 ytnef: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2017-08-02
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-12141 CVE-2017-12142 CVE-2017-12144 libytnef: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2017-08-02
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-12144 ytnef: allocation failure in TNEFFillMapi function↗2017-08-02
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