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Unscored USN-4615-1 12 CVEs

libytnef vulnerabilities

Published Nov 3, 2020 · Updated Apr 22, 2026

Summary

It was discovered that Yerase's TNEF had null pointer dereferences, infinite
loop, buffer overflow, out of bounds reads, directory traversal issues and
other vulnerabilities. An attacker could use those issues to cause a crash
and consequently a denial of service. (CVE-2017-6298, CVE-2017-6299,
CVE-2017-6300, CVE-2017-6301, CVE-2017-6302, CVE-2017-6303, CVE-2017-6304,
CVE-2017-6305, CVE-2017-6306, CVE-2017-6800, CVE-2017-6801, CVE-2017-6802)

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS libytnef 1.5-9ubuntu0.1

Vulnerabilities 12

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6298
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6299
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6300
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6301
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6302
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6303
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6304
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6305
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6306
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6800
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6801
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6802