CVE-2017-6596

Published Mar 10, 2017 CVSS 3.0 · 5.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-923-1 partclone security update
EUVD 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.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 3:33 PM
Reserved
Mar 9, 2017, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Mar 10, 2017, 10:59 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:22 AM