CVE-2009-3721 | BDVDB-2026-154271 Detail

ytnef

Description#

Multiple directory traversal and buffer overflow vulnerabilities were discovered in yTNEF, and in Evolution's TNEF parser that is derived from yTNEF. A crafted email could cause these applications to write data in arbitrary locations on the filesystem, crash, or potentially execute arbitrary code when decoding attachments.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

References#

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=521662
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2009-013.html

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12021-05-26Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-07Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.