CVE-2009-3721
mediumpriority · track · 32EPSS 0.016 · 76 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
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.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.8–7.8
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affected products (3)
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references (6)
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- http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2009-013.htmlcnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=521662cnnvd
- http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2009-013.htmlenisa_euvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=521662enisa_euvd
- http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2009-013.htmlThird Party Advisorynvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=521662Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisorynvd
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