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CVE-2017-6298 Detail

Modified After Enrichment

This CVE record has been updated after NVD enrichment efforts were completed. Enrichment data supplied by the NVD may require amendment due to these changes.

Description

An issue was discovered in ytnef before 1.9.1. This is related to a patch described as "1 of 9. Null Pointer Deref / calloc return value not checked."


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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3846 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/15/4 CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96423 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://github.com/Yeraze/ytnef/pull/27 CVE, MITRE Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LFJWMUEUC4ILH2HEOCYVVLQT654ZMCGQ/ CVE, MITRE
https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2017-002-ytnef/ CVE, MITRE Patch  Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference 👁 cwe source acceptance level
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Change History

10 change records found show changes

CVE Modified by MITRE 6/16/2026 9:22:05 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added Affected 
[{"vendor":"n/a","product":"n/a","versions":[{"version":"n/a","status":"affected"}]}]

CVE Status Change 5/12/2026 8:24:29 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value

CVE Modified by CVE 11/20/2024 10:29:30 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added Reference 
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3846
Added Reference 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/15/4
Added Reference 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96423
Added Reference 
https://github.com/Yeraze/ytnef/pull/27
Added Reference 
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LFJWMUEUC4ILH2HEOCYVVLQT654ZMCGQ/
Added Reference 
https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2017-002-ytnef/

CVE Modified by MITRE 5/14/2024 12:42:48 AM

Action Type Old Value New Value

CVE Modified by MITRE 11/06/2023 9:49:53 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added Reference 
MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LFJWMUEUC4ILH2HEOCYVVLQT654ZMCGQ/ [No types assigned]
Removed Reference 
MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/LFJWMUEUC4ILH2HEOCYVVLQT654ZMCGQ/

CVE Modified by MITRE 5/17/2019 11:29:00 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added Reference 
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/LFJWMUEUC4ILH2HEOCYVVLQT654ZMCGQ/ [No Types Assigned]

Modified Analysis by NIST 3/13/2019 1:06:36 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added CPE Configuration 
OR
 *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
 *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Changed Reference Type 
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3846 No Types Assigned


 
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3846 Third Party Advisory
Changed Reference Type 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96423 No Types Assigned


 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96423 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

CVE Modified by MITRE 11/03/2017 9:29:46 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added Reference 
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3846 [No Types Assigned]

CVE Modified by MITRE 3/01/2017 9:59:03 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added Reference 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96423 [No Types Assigned]

Initial Analysis by NIST 2/24/2017 2:48:27 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added CVSS V3 
AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Added CVSS V2 
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Added CWE 
CWE-476
Added CPE Configuration 
OR
 *cpe:2.3:a:ytnef_project:ytnef:1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
Changed Reference Type 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/15/4 No Types Assigned


 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/15/4 Third Party Advisory, Mailing List, Patch
Changed Reference Type 
https://github.com/Yeraze/ytnef/pull/27 No Types Assigned


 
https://github.com/Yeraze/ytnef/pull/27 Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking, Patch
Changed Reference Type 
https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2017-002-ytnef/ No Types Assigned


 
https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2017-002-ytnef/ Third Party Advisory, Patch

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-6298
NVD Published Date:
02/23/2017
NVD Last Modified:
06/16/2026
Source:
MITRE