CVE-2017-6310

Publication date 24 February 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

An issue was discovered in tnef before 1.4.13. Four type confusions have been identified in the file_add_mapi_attrs() function. These might lead to invalid read and write operations, controlled by an attacker.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
tnef	17.04 zesty	Fixed 1.4.12-1ubuntu0.1
	16.10 yakkety	Fixed 1.4.9-1+deb8u2build0.16.10.1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 1.4.9-1+deb8u2build0.16.04.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 1.4.9-1+deb8u2build0.14.04.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored end of life

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
tnef	Upstream: 8dccf79

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.8 · High
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H