VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2009-3721
Multiple directory traversal and buffer overflow vulnerabilities were discovered in yTNEF, and in Evolution's TNEF parser that is derived from yTNEF.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 1.61%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.61%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Multiple directory traversal and buffer overflow vulnerabilities were discovered in yTNEF, and in Evolution's TNEF parser that is derived from yTNEF. A crafted email could cause these applications to write data in arbitrary locations on the filesystem, crash, or potentially execute arbitrary code when decoding attachments.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.61% probability · 75th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- gnome/evolution · ytnef project/ytnef
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2009-013.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=521662Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2009-013.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=521662Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.