Name: CVE-2019-18849: Out-of-bounds Read
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2019-11-11T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2019-18849, CWE-125, CVSS 5.5, EPSS 0.01023

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.5
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade tnef	Dec 2, 2019	Nov 11, 2019
Freebsd	—	Upgrade tnef	Nov 9, 2024	Oct 26, 2024
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade tnef	Sep 22, 2020	Nov 11, 2019

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CVSS Details

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