CVE-2018-14680

Summary

CVECVE-2018-14680
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-07-28 23:29:00 UTC
Updated2021-04-26 11:45:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in mspack/chmd.c in libmspack before 0.7alpha. It does not reject blank CHM filenames.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Cabextract Cabextract All All All All
Application Cabextract Libmspack 0.0.20060920 alpha All All
Application Cabextract Libmspack 0.3 alpha All All
Application Cabextract Libmspack 0.4 alpha All All
Application Cabextract Libmspack 0.5 alpha All All
Application Cabextract Libmspack 0.6 alpha All All
Application Cabextract Libmspack 0.0.20060920 alpha All All
Application Cabextract Libmspack 0.3 alpha All All
Application Cabextract Libmspack 0.4 alpha All All
Application Cabextract Libmspack 0.5 alpha All All
Application Cabextract Libmspack 0.6 alpha All All
Application Cabextract Project Cabextract All All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Redhat Ansible Tower 3.3 All All All
Application Redhat Ansible Tower 3.3 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
USN-3728-1: libmspack vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
USN-3728-2: ClamAV vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Clam AntiVirus Memory Errors in 'libmspack' Component Let Remote Users Deny Service and Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4260-1 libmspack DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Fw: New cabextract 1.7 and libmspack 0.7 release MISC www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cabextract, libmspack: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201903-20) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
USN-3728-3: ClamAV vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
USN-3789-2: ClamAV vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA-1460-1] libmspack security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
#904801 - libmspack: CVE-2018-14680: libmspack now rejects blank CHM filenames - Debian Bug report logs MISC bugs.debian.org Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Fix off-by-one bounds check on CHM PMGI/PMGL chunk numbers and · kyz/libmspack@72e70a9 · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500093 Alpine Linux Security Update for clamav
  • 501043 Alpine Linux Security Update for libmspack
  • 503818 Alpine Linux Security Update for clamav
  • 710187 Gentoo Linux cabextract, libmspack Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201903-20)
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