medium5.3
CVE-2018-18586
chmextract.c in the chmextract sample program, as distributed with libmspack before 0.8alpha, does not protect against absolute/relative pathnames in CHM files…
Impact
chmextract.c in the chmextract sample program, as distributed with libmspack before 0.8alpha, does not protect against absolute/relative pathnames in CHM files, leading to Directory Traversal. NOTE: the vendor disputes that this is a libmspack vulnerability, because chmextract.c was only intended as a source-code example, not a supported application
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Kyzer | Libmspack | Versions 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.7 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://bugs.debian.org/911639
- https://github.com/kyz/libmspack/commit/7cadd489698be117c47efcadd742651594429e6d
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-20
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/10/22/1
- https://bugs.debian.org/911639
- https://github.com/kyz/libmspack/commit/7cadd489698be117c47efcadd742651594429e6d
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-20
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/10/22/1