CVE-2019-18849

Published Nov 11, 2019 CVSS 3.1 · 5.5 Medium EPSS 1.2% KEV · Not listed
Description
In tnef before 1.4.18, an attacker may be able to write to the victim's .ssh/authorized_keys file via an e-mail message with a crafted winmail.dat application/ms-tnef attachment, because of a heap-based buffer over-read involving strdup.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2005-1 tnef security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2748-1 tnef security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-8547 In tnef before 1.4.18, an attacker may be able to write to the victim's .ssh/authorized_keys file via an e-mail message with a crafted winmail.dat application/ms-tnef attachment, because of a heap-based buffer over-read involving strdup.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4524-1 TNEF vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 2:02 AM
Reserved
Nov 11, 2019, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Nov 11, 2019, 4:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:25 AM