Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Mar 10, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-6596
CVE-2017-6596
Description
partclone.chkimg in partclone 0.2.89 is prone to a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability due to insufficient validation of the partclone image header. An attacker may be able to launch a 'Denial of Service attack' in the context of the user running the affected application.
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Affected products
1- cpe:2.3:a:partclone_project:partclone:0.2.89:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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References
1- github.com/insidej/Partclone_HeapOverFlow/blob/master/README.mdnvdThird Party Advisory
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