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CVE-2017-9470

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-06-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-476

Description

In ytnef 1.9.2, the MAPIPrint function in lib/ytnef.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted file.

Affected products

• ytnef: 1.9.2

References

• https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/05/24/ytnef-null-pointer-dereference-in-mapiprint-ytnef-c/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LFJWMUEUC4ILH2HEOCYVVLQT654ZMCGQ/
• https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/05/24/ytnef-null-pointer-dereference-in-mapiprint-ytnef-c/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LFJWMUEUC4ILH2HEOCYVVLQT654ZMCGQ/

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