CVE catalog
CVE-2017-6596
partclone: CVE-2017-6596
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 5.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.79% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | partclone | sid | 0.3.49-1 | fixed |
| Debian | partclone | forky | 0.3.49-1 | fixed |
| Debian | partclone | trixie | 0.3.36+repack-1 | fixed |
| Debian | partclone | bookworm | 0.3.23+repack-1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | partclone | 16.04 | 0.2.78-3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | partclone | 16.04 | 0.2.83-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | partclone | 16.04 | 0.2.86-1 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | partclone | source | sid | 0.2.89-3 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [857966] |
| Debian | partclone | source | forky | 0.2.89-3 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [857966] |
| Debian | partclone | source | trixie | 0.2.89-3 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [857966] |
| Debian | partclone | source | bookworm | 0.2.89-3 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [857966] |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [partclone]Fixed
Details (2)
0.3.23+repack-1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
0.2.89-3dsa · partclone · debian · bookworm; dsa · partclone · debian · 12
0.3.23+repack-1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
0.2.89-3dsa · partclone · debian · bookworm; dsa · partclone · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [partclone]Fixed
Details (2)
0.3.36+repack-1· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
0.2.89-3dsa · partclone · debian · 13
0.3.36+repack-1· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
0.2.89-3dsa · partclone · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/opensuse-su-2024_11149-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-6596]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-923-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6596]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-6596]
[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]