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CVE-2017-6298

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 1.45% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-02-24 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

AI analysis pending.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links
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CVE
CVE-2017-6298
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
1.45%

Original NVD Description

An issue was discovered in ytnef before 1.9.1. This is related to a patch described as "1 of 9. Null Pointer Deref / calloc return value not checked."