CVE-2017-6596 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2017-03-10

Score: 5.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:partclone_project:partclone:0.2.89:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-923-1	partclone security update
EUVD	EUVD-2017-15650	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00176.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/insidej/Partclone_HeapOverFlow/blob/master/README.md

History

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Subscriptions

Partclone Project Partclone

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-03-10T10:29:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T15:33:20.440Z

Reserved: 2017-03-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-6596

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-03-10T10:59:00.423

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-6596

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-119

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