VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2009-3721

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability1.61%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-05-26
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

Multiple directory traversal and buffer overflow vulnerabilities were discovered in yTNEF, and in Evolution's TNEF parser that is derived from yTNEF. A crafted email could cause these applications to write data in arbitrary locations on the filesystem, crash, or potentially execute arbitrary code when decoding attachments.

Weakness classification

  • secalert@redhat.com: CWE-22

Primary references