CVE-2015-4469

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-4469
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-06-11 14:59:00 UTC
Updated2016-06-09 21:30:00 UTC
DescriptionThe chmd_read_headers function in chmd.c in libmspack before 0.5 does not validate name lengths, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted CHM file.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Libmspack Project Libmspack All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Libmspack Out Of Bounds Read Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com
#774726 - libmspack: CVE-2015-4468 CVE-2015-4469 - Debian Bug report logs CONFIRM bugs.debian.org Exploit
oss-security - Possible CVE Requests: libmspack: several issues MLIST openwall.com
404 Not Found CONFIRM anonscm.debian.org
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