TI-2017-04355 Aliases CVE-2017-6596 GHSA-r9xf-vc6m-vx5r

partclone.chkimg in partclone 0.2.89 is prone to a heap-based buffer overflow…

LOW 26CWE-119Published 2017-03-10 · Updated 2024-08-05

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00788 56th 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
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:partclone_project:partclone:0.2.89:::::::*	0.2.89	Vulnerable	Partclone Project

cpe:2.3:a:partclone_project:partclone:0.2.89:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.2.89 Vulnerable ·Partclone Project

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-6596
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-r9xf-vc6m-vx5r

References

Advisory 1

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

TI-2016-08762 partclone.fat in Partclone before 0.2.88 is prone to a heap-based buffer overflow… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8

Sources

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