CVE-2018-14681 is a high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in libmspack, specifically within the kwajd_read_headers function in mspack/kwajd.c before version 0.7alpha. This flaw allows for a one or two-byte overwrite due to malformed KWAJ file header extensions, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vulnerability affects products like cabextract, canonical, debian, and redhat. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public 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:H/I:H/A:H
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.