FKIE_CVE-2017-11423

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-07-18 20:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:01
Severity
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
The cabd_read_string function in mspack/cabd.c in libmspack 0.5alpha, as used in ClamAV 0.99.2 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted CAB file.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3946
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.clamav.net/show_bug.cgi?id=11873Permissions Required
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/hackerlib/hackerlib-vul/tree/master/clamav-vulThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00014.html
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-16
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3946
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.clamav.net/show_bug.cgi?id=11873Permissions Required
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/hackerlib/hackerlib-vul/tree/master/clamav-vulThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00014.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-16
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
libmspack_project libmspack 0.5
clamav clamav 0.99.2
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