CVE-2017-6309

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

An issue was discovered in tnef before 1.4.13. Two type confusions have been identified in the parse_file() function. These might lead to invalid read and write operations, controlled by an attacker.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-125 CWE-787

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3798Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96427Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://github.com/verdammelt/tnef/blob/master/ChangeLogPatch, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/verdammelt/tnef/commit/8dccf79857ceeb7a6d3e42c1e762e7b865d5344dIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-02Third Party Advisory
https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2017-004-tnef/Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3798Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96427Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://github.com/verdammelt/tnef/blob/master/ChangeLogPatch, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/verdammelt/tnef/commit/8dccf79857ceeb7a6d3e42c1e762e7b865d5344dIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-02Third Party Advisory
https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2017-004-tnef/Patch, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Feb 24, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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