Integer underflow - CVE-2017-8911

 

Integer underflow - CVE-2017-8911

Published: June 2, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU6875
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-8911
CWE-ID: CWE-191
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
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Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to integer underflow in the unicode_to_utf8() function in tnef 1.4.14. A remote attacker can execute arbitrary code on the target system.


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