CVE-2017-6596
partclone - security update
5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.79%
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.
How to fix CVE-2017-6596
To remediate CVE-2017-6596, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 0.2.89-3 or later
- —upgrade to 0.2.48-1+deb7u1 or later
Is CVE-2017-6596 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.8%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 0.2.89-3
- from 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 |