CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-6299

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Published: Feb 24, 2017 | Modified: Nov 07, 2023
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW

An issue was discovered in ytnef before 1.9.1. This is related to a patch described as 2 of 9. Infinite Loop / DoS in the TNEFFillMapi function in lib/ytnef.c.

Weakness

The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Ytnef Ytnef_project * 1.9 (including)
Libytnef Ubuntu precise *
Libytnef Ubuntu trusty *
Libytnef Ubuntu upstream *
Libytnef Ubuntu xenial *
Libytnef Ubuntu yakkety *

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