Critical
Security advisory
In libytnef in ytnef through 1.9.2, there is a heap-based buffer over-read due to incorrect boundary checking in the SIZECHECK macro in lib/ytnef.c.
- Products
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- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2017-9058
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 05:14 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
In libytnef in ytnef through 1.9.2, there is a heap-based buffer over-read due to incorrect boundary checking in the SIZECHECK macro in lib/ytnef.c.
osv:CVE-2017-9058
Complete source record
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"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3667-1/",
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