CVE-2017-6596

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

published March 10, 2017

CVSS
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EPSS
1%
Percentile
55.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00788 · 55.7th percentile
Published
2017-03-10T10:29Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 10 MAR 10:29Z
    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
    cvelistv5