cve/2017/CVE-2017-6596.md

### [CVE-2017-6596](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6596)
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### Description

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.

### POC

#### Reference
No PoCs from references.

#### Github
- https://github.com/insidej/Partclone_HeapOverFlow