CVE-2014-9556

Summary

CVECVE-2014-9556
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-02-03 16:59:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-30 16:27:00 UTC
DescriptionInteger overflow in the qtmd_decompress function in libmspack 0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hang) via a crafted CAB file, which triggers an infinite loop.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-189

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Libmspack Project Libmspack 0.4 All All All
Application Libmspack Project Libmspack 0.4 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Advisory SA62793 - SUSE update for libmspack - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
#773041 - libmspack: CVE-2014-9556: frame_end overflow which could cause infinite loop - Debian Bug report logs CONFIRM bugs.debian.org Exploit
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2015:041 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2015-0052 - Updated cabextract packages fix CVE-2014-9556 CONFIRM advisories.mageia.org
oss-security - CVE Request: libmspack: frame_end overflow which could cause infinite loop MLIST www.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: libmspack: frame_end overflow which could cause infinite loop MLIST www.openwall.com
openSUSE-SU-2015:0187-1: moderate: Security update for libmspack SUSE lists.opensuse.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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