CVE-2005-3318

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-3318
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-10-27 10:02:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflow in the _chm_decompress_block function in CHM lib (chmlib) before 0.37, as used in products such as KchmViewer, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2930.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5.1 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Jed Wing Chm Lib 0.1 All All All
Application Jed Wing Chm Lib 0.2 All All All
Application Jed Wing Chm Lib 0.3 All All All
Application Jed Wing Chm Lib 0.31 All All All
Application Jed Wing Chm Lib 0.32 All All All
Application Jed Wing Chm Lib 0.33 All All All
Application Jed Wing Chm Lib 0.35 All All All
Application Jed Wing Chm Lib 0.36 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
CHM lib af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 morte.jedrea.com Patch
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- chmlib, KchmViewer: Stack-based buffer overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Gentoo update for chmlib / kchmviewer - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
www.sven-tantau.de/public_files/chmlib/chmlib_20051126.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.sven-tantau.de Patch, Vendor Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - SUSE Updates for Multiple Packages af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
KchmViewer chmlib Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-10/0536.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Secunia - Advisories - CHM Lib Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
www.osvdb.org/20335 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
Jed Wing CHM Lib Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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