{"id":"CVE-2017-6801","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-6801","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:47:31.298Z","title":"There is a potential out-of-bounds access with fields of Size 0 in TNEFParse() in libytnef.","description":"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.","published":"2017-03-10T10:59:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:23:08.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-125"],"affected":["ytnef project/ytnef","debian/debian linux"],"epss":{"score":0.01945,"percentile":0.80064,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.94%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3846","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/Yeraze/ytnef/commit/3cb0f914d6427073f262e1b2b5fd973e3043cdf7","tags":["Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LFJWMUEUC4ILH2HEOCYVVLQT654ZMCGQ/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3846","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/Yeraze/ytnef/commit/3cb0f914d6427073f262e1b2b5fd973e3043cdf7","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LFJWMUEUC4ILH2HEOCYVVLQT654ZMCGQ/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6801","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}