CVE-2015-4472

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-4472
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-06-11 14:59:07 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionOff-by-one error in the READ_ENCINT macro in chmd.c in libmspack before 0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted CHM file.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Libmspack Project Libmspack All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Adobe Flash Player: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201506-01) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
#775687 - libmspack: CVE-2015-4472: CHM decompression: another pointer arithmetic overflow - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org Exploit
Libmspack 'mspack/chmd.c' Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
oss-security - Possible CVE Requests: libmspack: several issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
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