Out-of-bounds Write Affecting libmspack package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.72% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-LIBMSPACK-324880
  • published28 Jul 2018
  • disclosed28 Jul 2018

Introduced: 28 Jul 2018

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

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:14.04 libmspack.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libmspack package and not the libmspack package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 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.