{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6596","details":"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.","modified":"2025-10-24T04:46:12Z","published":"2017-03-10T10:59:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2017-6596"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6596"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/insidej/Partclone_HeapOverFlow/blob/master/README.md"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-6596"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"partclone","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/partclone@0.2.86-1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["0.2.78-3","0.2.83-1","0.2.86-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"0.2.86-1","binary_name":"partclone"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6596.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}