Libmspack
CVE-2014-9732
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Impact | CVSS score of 4.3 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, M complexity. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.40%. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | This vulnerability can be exploited remotely over the network. Successful exploitation could compromise the medium-severity affected system. |
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The cabd_extract function in cabd.c in libmspack before 0.5 does not properly maintain decompression callbacks in certain cases where an invalid file follows a valid file, which allows remote. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
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No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.
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The cabd_extract function in cabd.c in libmspack before 0.5 does not properly maintain decompression callbacks in certain cases where an invalid file follows a valid file, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted CAB archive. Affected products include: Libmspack Project Libmspack. Version information: before 0.5.
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DescriptionCVE.org
The cabd_extract function in cabd.c in libmspack before 0.5 does not properly maintain decompression callbacks in certain cases where an invalid file follows a valid file, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted CAB archive.
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Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.
Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org
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libmspack 0.9.1alpha is affected by: Buffer Overflow. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authent
chmextract.c in the chmextract sample program, as distributed with libmspack before 0.8alpha, does not protect against a
Integer overflow in the qtmd_decompress function in libmspack 0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (
An issue was discovered in mspack/chmd.c in libmspack before 0.7alpha. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerabilit
An issue was discovered in kwajd_read_headers in mspack/kwajd.c in libmspack before 0.7alpha. Rated high severity (CVSS
Off-by-one error in the lzxd_decompress function in lzxd.c in libmspack before 0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a de
Off-by-one error in the inflate function in mszipd.c in libmspack before 0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial o
The chmd_read_headers function in chmd.c in libmspack before 0.5 does not validate name lengths, which allows remote att
Multiple integer overflows in the search_chunk function in chmd.c in libmspack before 0.5 allow remote attackers to caus
The chmd_init_decomp function in chmd.c in libmspack before 0.5 does not properly validate the reset interval, which all
chmd_read_headers in mspack/chmd.c in libmspack before 0.8alpha accepts a filename that has '\0' as its first or second
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