Vulnerability Report

CVE-2017-6303

Title: Ytnef Project Ytnef Memory Corruption

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2017-6303.

CWE Category CWE-190

Published Date Feb 24, 2017

Modified Date May 13, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 7.8 CVSS v3.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.33%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2017-6303: An issue was discovered in ytnef before 1.9.1. This is related to a patch described as "6 of 9. Invalid Write and Integer Overflow."

Impacted Vendors

ytnef_project 1

Reference Links

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3846 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/15/4 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96423 https://github.com/Yeraze/ytnef/pull/27 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LFJWMUEUC4ILH2HEOCYVVLQT654ZMCGQ/ https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2017-002-ytnef/ http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3846 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/15/4 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96423 https://github.com/Yeraze/ytnef/pull/27 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LFJWMUEUC4ILH2HEOCYVVLQT654ZMCGQ/ https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2017-002-ytnef/

CVSS v3.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.8

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

REQUIRED

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

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

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.8

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns