CVE-2018-14681

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2017-11-26
CWE:
CWE-787
Bugzilla:
1610896: CVE-2018-14681 libmspack: out-of-bounds write in kwajd_read_headers in mspack/kwajd.c

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

An issue was discovered in kwajd_read_headers in mspack/kwajd.c in libmspack before 0.7alpha. Bad KWAJ file header extensions could cause a one or two byte overwrite.

Find out more about CVE-2018-14681 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

This issue affects the versions of libmspack as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 4.4
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact Low
Availability Impact Low

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 libmspack Affected

Last Modified

CVE description copyright © 2017, The MITRE Corporation

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