CVE-2016-10091 (GCVE-0-2016-10091)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-04-21 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 03:07
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in unrtf 0.21.9 allow remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service by writing a negative integer to the (1) cmd_expand function, (2) cmd_emboss function, or (3) cmd_engrave function.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
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| http://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/unrtf/rev/3b16893a6406 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
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| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/01/1 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1409546 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Date Public
2016-12-31 00:00
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