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Vulnerability record · CVE-2009-3721 · published 26 May 2021

CVE-2009-3721: Gnome evolution path traversal vulnerability

Gnome · Evolution

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.

7.8 CVSS 3.1 High EPSS 1.6% · top 25.0% CWE-22 · Path traversal
7.8CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 6.8
1.6%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
2Affected product versions listed by NVD
4References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by 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.

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

2 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2009-013.html Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=521662 Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2009-013.html Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=521662 Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2009-3721), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.