CVE-2019-18849 — Out-of-bounds Read in Project Tnef
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
1.0%
top 22.68%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedNov 11
Latest updateMay 24
Description
In tnef before 1.4.18, an attacker may be able to write to the victim's .ssh/authorized_keys file via an e-mail message with a crafted winmail.dat application/ms-tnef attachment, because of a heap-based buffer over-read involving strdup.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6
Affected Packages4 packages
Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0, Fedora 30, 31, Ubuntu Linux 16.04