CVE-2018-14679 is an off-by-one error in libmspack's CHM PMGI/PMGL chunk number validity checks, affecting products like cabextract, Debian, and Red Hat. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low complexity, requiring user interaction, to cause a denial of service through an uninitialized data dereference and application crash. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.0.20060920CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cabextract:libmspack:0.0.20060920:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cabextract:libmspack:0.3:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cabextract:libmspack:0.4:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cabextract:libmspack:0.5:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cabextract:libmspack:0.6:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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