CVE-2017-9473 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in ytnef 1.9.2, specifically within the TNEFFillMapi function, affecting Canonical Ubuntu Linux and the ytnef project. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) can be triggered by a remote attacker providing a crafted file, leading to excessive memory consumption and system unavailability. While the attack requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L), there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.9.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ytnef_project:ytnef:1.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.