CVE-2017-6802

Description

An issue was discovered in ytnef before 1.9.2. There is a potential heap-based buffer over-read on incoming Compressed RTF Streams, related to DecompressRTF() in libytnef.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.80% Top 30%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3846 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://github.com/Yeraze/ytnef/issues/34 issue tracking patch
https://github.com/Yeraze/ytnef/commit/22f8346c8d4f0020a40d9f258fdb3bfc097359cc patch
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LFJWMUEUC4ILH2HEOCYVVLQT654ZMCGQ/ vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2017-6802?
CVE-2017-6802 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2017-6802?
To fix CVE-2017-6802, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2017-6802 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2017-6802 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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