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CVE-2009-3721

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 1.61%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2021-05-26 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-2009-3721
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
1.61%

Original NVD 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.

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