FKIE_CVE-2010-5109

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2014-05-05 17:06 - Updated: 2026-05-06 22:30
Severity
Summary
Off-by-one error in the DecompressRTF function in ytnef.c in Yerase's TNEF Stream Reader allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted TNEF file, which triggers a buffer overflow.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://sourceforge.net/p/ytnef/bugs/13/
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/11/1
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54484
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=831322
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083804.html
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083853.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://sourceforge.net/p/ytnef/bugs/13/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/11/1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54484
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=831322
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083804.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083853.html
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
randall_hand yerase\'s_tnef_stream_reader -
fedoraproject fedora 16
fedoraproject fedora 17
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