PT-2017-18616 · Tnef · Tnef

Yyyyxf · Published 2017-05-12 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2017-8911

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions tnef version 1.4.14

Description An integer underflow has been identified in the unicode to utf8() function. This issue might lead to invalid write operations, which could be controlled by an attacker.

Recommendations For version 1.4.14, consider disabling the unicode to utf8() function until a patch is available to prevent potential exploitation.

Fix

Integer Underflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-191

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-8911

DLA-962-1

DSA-3869-1

MGASA-2017-0209

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11467-1

Affected Products

Tnef

References · 21

• https://github.com/verdammelt/tnef/issues/23 · Patch
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8911 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8911 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-8911 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-8911 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0209.html · Security Note
• http://debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3869 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-02 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3869-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2017-0209 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-8911 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-8911 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:11467-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3869 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-8911 · Vendor Advisory