CVE-2017-6596
MEDIUM5.5EPSS 0.09%partclone - security update
Published: 3/10/2017Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
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.
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/partclonefrom 0, < 0.2.89-3
- Debian/partclonefrom 0, < 0.2.48-1+deb7u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |