CVE-2018-14679

NameCVE-2018-14679
DescriptionAn 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).
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-1460-1, DSA-4260-1
Debian Bugs904802

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
libmspack (PTS)bullseye0.10.1-2fixed
bookworm0.11-1fixed
sid, trixie0.11-1.1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
libmspacksourcejessie0.5-1+deb8u2DLA-1460-1
libmspacksourcestretch0.5-1+deb9u2DSA-4260-1
libmspacksource(unstable)0.7-1904802

Notes

https://github.com/kyz/libmspack/commit/72e70a921f0f07fee748aec2274b30784e1d312a
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/07/26/1

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