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partclone.chkimg in partclone 0.2.89 is prone to a heap...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published May 17, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 27, 2023

Package

No package listedSuggest a package

Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

partclone.chkimg in partclone 0.2.89 is prone to a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability due to insufficient validation of the partclone image header. An attacker may be able to launch a 'Denial of Service attack' in the context of the user running the affected application.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Mar 10, 2017
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 17, 2022
Last updated Jan 27, 2023

Severity

Moderate
5.5
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

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

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2017-6596

GHSA ID

GHSA-r9xf-vc6m-vx5r

Source code

No known source code

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