A flaw was found in tnef. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by providing a specially crafted Transport Neutral Encapsulation Format (TNEF) file containing multiple message bodies. During extraction, improper memory management triggers a use-after-free and double-free condition, causing the application to crash and resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS).
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Description A flaw was found in tnef. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by providing a specially crafted Transport Neutral Encapsulation Format (TNEF) file containing multiple message bodies. During extraction, improper memory management triggers a use-after-free and double-free condition, causing the application to crash and resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS).
Title Tnef: use-after-free and double-free in get_body_files() via multi-value body extraction
Weaknesses CWE-416
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: fedora

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-01T14:59:49.129Z

Reserved: 2026-10-01T09:06:43.923Z

Link: CVE-2026-103679

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-10-01T12:17:15.683

Modified: 2026-10-01T15:17:28.847

Link: CVE-2026-103679

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Updated: 2026-10-01T13:30:06Z

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