CVE-2017-6596

Published: Mar 10, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

5.5

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

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 (1)

Products: Partclone Project: Partclone

Partclone Project

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Partclone Project Partclone	Version 0.2.89

Related CWEs

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (2)

https://github.com/insidej/Partclone_HeapOverFlow/blob/master/README.md

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://github.com/insidej/Partclone_HeapOverFlow/blob/master/README.md

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

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