TI-2009-03545 Aliases CVE-2009-3721 GHSA-2qr8-v7fq-qr4p

Path traversal in ytnef

LOW 37CWE-22Published 2021-05-26 · Updated 2024-08-07

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: None
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01612 76th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	ytnef	ytnef 2.8	—	No fix listed	CNA

ytnef Vendor— Affected ytnef 2.8 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution::::::::	all versions	Vulnerable	GNOME
cpe:2.3:a:ytnef_project:ytnef::::::::	all versions	Vulnerable	Ytnef Project

cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·GNOME
cpe:2.3:a:ytnef_project:ytnef:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Ytnef Project

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product

Red Hat

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2009-3721
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2qr8-v7fq-qr4p

References

Patch 1

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=521662

Advisory 1

http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2009-013.html

Sources

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