CVE-2018-14679

MEDIUM

libmspack <0.7alpha - DoS

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An issue was discovered in mspack/chmd.c in libmspack before 0.7alpha. There is an off-by-one error in the CHM PMGI/PMGL chunk number validity checks, which could lead to denial of service (uninitialized data dereference and application crash).

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0092
EPSS Percentile 76.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-193
Status published
Products (16)
cabextract/libmspack 0.0.20060920 alpha
cabextract/libmspack 0.3 alpha
cabextract/libmspack 0.4 alpha
cabextract/libmspack 0.5 alpha
cabextract/libmspack 0.6 alpha
cabextract_project/cabextract < 1.5
canonical/ubuntu_linux 12.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 18.04
... and 6 more
Published Jul 28, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026