CVE-2026-111145
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
ytnef through 2.1.2 contains a heap out-of-bounds read vulnerability in DecompressRTF() in lib/ytnef.c that never validates uncompressedSize for uncompressed RTF streams. Attackers can supply a crafted winmail.dat TNEF attachment with a malicious PT_BINARY MAPI property to crash ytnefprint or libytnef callers and leak adjacent heap memory.
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
6.9
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Deferred
Source identifier
Published
2026-10-15 19:17:28.873000
Last modified
2026-10-21 02:17:04.190000
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"published": "2026-10-15T19:17:28.873",
"lastModified": "2026-10-21T02:17:04.190",
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}
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"source": "[email protected]",
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"url": "https://github.com/Yeraze/ytnef",
"source": "[email protected]"
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"url": "https://github.com/Yeraze/ytnef/blob/d9f089144414d3b0912c29ab96f8f1c591d00319/lib/ytnef.c#L1554-L1563",
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