Medium severity · published Mar 10, 2017
CVE-2017-6596
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
5.5
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 56% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PA
Partclone · Partclone Project
0.2.89 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6596
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-6596
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/insidej/Partclone_HeapOverFlow/blob/master/README.md
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