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high 7.8

CVE-2017-6302 json

An issue was discovered in ytnef before 1.9.1.

published 2017-02-24 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-15363

cvss
7.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.2%
EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 68%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An issue was discovered in ytnef before 1.9.1. This is related to a patch described as "5 of 9. Integer Overflow."

Patch / fix

  • libytnef Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.9.1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-6302

  • libytnef Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 1.5-6ubuntu0.1
  • libytnef Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 1.5-9ubuntu0.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6302

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-6302 updated cvss 6.3

ytnef: Multiple vulnerabilities fixed in 1.9.1 version

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 68% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

Sources

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