CVE-2009-3721 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2009-3721

Multiple directory traversal and buffer overflow vulnerabilities were discovered in...

Vulnerability Description

Multiple directory traversal and buffer overflow vulnerabilities were discovered in yTNEF, and in Evolution's TNEF parser that is derived from yTNEF. A crafted email could cause these applications to write data in arbitrary locations on the filesystem, crash, or potentially execute arbitrary code when decoding attachments.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

ytnef
Vulnerable Versions:
ytnef 2.8

Timeline

Official Publish: May 26th, 2021
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)