UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6801

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6801
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6801.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6801
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Published
2017-03-10T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:18:26.536680Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

An issue was discovered in ytnef before 1.9.2. There is a potential out-of-bounds access with fields of Size 0 in TNEFParse() in libytnef.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / libytnef

Package

Name
libytnef
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libytnef@1.5-6ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.5-6ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

1.*

1.5-5
1.5-6

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libytnef0",
            "binary_version": "1.5-6ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libytnef0-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.5-6ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libytnef0-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.5-6ubuntu0.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / libytnef

Package

Name
libytnef
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libytnef@1.5-9ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.5-9ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

1.*

1.5-6
1.5-9

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libytnef0",
            "binary_version": "1.5-9ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libytnef0-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.5-9ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libytnef0-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.5-9ubuntu0.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}