Vulnerability Report

CVE-2017-9470

Title: Ytnef Project Ytnef Memory Corruption

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2017-9470.

CWE Category CWE-476

Published Date Jun 07, 2017

Modified Date May 13, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 5.5 CVSS v3.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.23%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2017-9470: In ytnef 1.9.2, the MAPIPrint function in lib/ytnef.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted file.

Impacted Vendors

ytnef_project 1

Reference Links

https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/05/24/ytnef-null-pointer-dereference-in-mapiprint-ytnef-c/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LFJWMUEUC4ILH2HEOCYVVLQT654ZMCGQ/ https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/05/24/ytnef-null-pointer-dereference-in-mapiprint-ytnef-c/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LFJWMUEUC4ILH2HEOCYVVLQT654ZMCGQ/

CVSS v3.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

5.5

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:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

4.3

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns