USN-3728-2 (UBUNTU-CVE-2018-14679)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2018-08-01 19:45 – Updated: 2026-04-22 07:36 – Source website
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Summary
clamav vulnerabilities
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USN-3728-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in libmspack. In Ubuntu 14.04 libmspack is included into ClamAV. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

Hanno Böck discovered that libmspack incorrectly handled certain CHM files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2018-14679, CVE-2018-14680)

Jakub Wilk discovered that libmspack incorrectly handled certain KWAJ files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-14681)

Dmitry Glavatskikh discovered that libmspack incorrectly certain CHM files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-14682)

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  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:36:35Z",
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