CVE-2018-14679

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    CVE-2018-14679

    Published: 28 Jul 2018Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: An issue was discovered in mspack/chmd.c in libmspack before 0.7alpha. There is an off-by-one error in the CHM PMGI/PMGL chunk number validity checks, which could lead to denial of service (uninitialized data dereference and application crash).

    References: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/07/26/1, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041410, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3327, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3505, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00007.html, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-20, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3728-1/, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3728-2/, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3728-3/, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3789-2/, https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4260, https://bugs.debian.org/904802, https://github.com/kyz/libmspack/commit/72e70a921f0f07fee748aec2274b30784e1d312a

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 25be5e56c1f140dfed754073c7dc374fd4d3010a
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.0.20060920-alpha

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
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    Availability
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    High