Security advisory

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  "id": "5d7a49d622accc2bf6e138cbf83833b4717d3cccdbdce5908f2ea4f8b09023a8",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-12144",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2017-12144",
    "summary": "In ytnef 1.9.2, an allocation failure was found in the function TNEFFillMapi in ytnef.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-12144",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2017-12144",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2017-12144"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/yeraze/ytnef",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "b4133d866edf362b332baff506e4a77359c7262a"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "b4133d866edf362b332baff506e4a77359c7262a"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:ytnef_project:ytnef:1.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "1.9.2"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "1.9.2"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "1.9.2",
            "v1.9.2"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-12144.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:48:48.479930069Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LFJWMUEUC4ILH2HEOCYVVLQT654ZMCGQ/",
        "https://somevulnsofadlab.blogspot.com/2017/07/ytnefallocation-failed-in-tneffillmapi.html",
        "https://github.com/Yeraze/ytnef/issues/51"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2017-12144",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 380356,
  "published_at": "2017-08-02T05:29:00.393+00:00"
}