CVE-2018-18584

Summary

CVECVE-2018-18584
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-10-23 02:29:00 UTC
Updated2022-10-25 16:49:00 UTC
DescriptionIn mspack/cab.h in libmspack before 0.8alpha and cabextract before 1.8, the CAB block input buffer is one byte too small for the maximal Quantum block, leading to an out-of-bounds write.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
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 18.10 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 18.10 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Kyzer Cabextract All All All All
Application Kyzer Cabextract All All All All
Application Kyzer Limbspack 0.3 alpha All All
Application Kyzer Limbspack 0.4 alpha All All
Application Kyzer Limbspack 0.5 alpha All All
Application Kyzer Limbspack 0.6 alpha All All
Application Kyzer Limbspack 0.7 alpha All All
Application Kyzer Limbspack 0.7.1 alpha All All
Application Kyzer Limbspack 0.3 alpha All All
Application Kyzer Limbspack 0.4 alpha All All
Application Kyzer Limbspack 0.5 alpha All All
Application Kyzer Limbspack 0.6 alpha All All
Application Kyzer Limbspack 0.7 alpha All All
Application Kyzer Limbspack 0.7.1 alpha All All
Application Libmspack Project Libmspack 0.3 alpha All All
Application Libmspack Project Libmspack 0.4 alpha All All
Application Libmspack Project Libmspack 0.5 alpha All All
Application Libmspack Project Libmspack 0.6 alpha All All
Application Libmspack Project Libmspack 0.7 alpha All All
Application Libmspack Project Libmspack 0.7.1 alpha All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Application Starwindsoftware Starwind Virtual San - All All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp3 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 ga All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 sp2 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp3 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 ga All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 sp2 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3814-3 ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
USN-3814-2: ClamAV vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
CVE-2018-18584 - Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Buffer overflow in cabextract/libmspack (Fwd: New cabextract 1.8 and libmspack 0.8 release) MISC www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CAB block input buffer is one byte too small for maximal Quantum block · kyz/libmspack@40ef1b4 · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
USN-3814-1: libmspack vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
CVE-2018-18584 | SUSE MISC www.suse.com Third Party Advisory
CVE-2018-18584 libmspack vulnerability in StarWind VSAN for vSphere (VSA) MISC www.starwindsoftware.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 1555-1] libmspack security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
#911640 - libmspack: CVE-2018-18584: CAB block input buffer is one byte too small for maximal Quantum block - Debian Bug report logs MISC bugs.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
USN-3814-3: ClamAV vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
cabextract, libmspack: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201903-20) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
cabextract MISC www.cabextract.org.uk Product, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 377542 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for libmspack (ALINUX2-SA-2019:0071)
  • 500841 Alpine Linux Security Update for cabextract
  • 501044 Alpine Linux Security Update for libmspack
  • 504592 Alpine Linux Security Update for cabextract
  • 672183 EulerOS Security Update for libmspack (EulerOS-SA-2022-2468)
  • 710187 Gentoo Linux cabextract, libmspack Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201903-20)
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