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Out-of-bounds Write Affecting libmspack package, versions <0.7-1

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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EPSS
0.5% (77th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-LIBMSPACK-324883
  • published28 Jul 2018
  • disclosed28 Jul 2018
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Introduced: 28 Jul 2018

CVE-2018-14681  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable libmspack to version 0.7-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libmspack package and not the libmspack package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

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.