High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Mar 10, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-6800

Description

An issue was discovered in ytnef before 1.9.2. An invalid memory access (heap-based buffer over-read) can occur during handling of LONG data types, related to MAPIPrint() in libytnef.

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Affected products

Ytnef Project/Ytnef
cpe:2.3:a:ytnef_project:ytnef:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=1.9.1
Debian/linux2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

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References

github.com/Yeraze/ytnef/commit/f98f5d4adc1c4bd4033638f6167c1bb95d642f89nvdPatch
github.com/Yeraze/ytnef/issues/28nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3846nvdThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LFJWMUEUC4ILH2HEOCYVVLQT654ZMCGQ/nvd

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