CVE-2018-14680 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in libmspack, specifically within the mspack/chmd.c component, affecting versions prior to 0.7alpha. This flaw allows attackers to trigger a denial of service by providing specially crafted CHM files with blank filenames, impacting products like cabextract, Canonical, Debian, and Red Hat. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 6.5), it requires user interaction (UI:R) but can be exploited remotely (AV:N) with low attack complexity (AC:L), leading to high availability impact (A:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| 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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