Numeric Errors The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package libmspack  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-LIBMSPACK-626310
  • published11 Jun 2015
  • disclosed11 Jun 2015

Introduced: 11 Jun 2015

CVE-2015-4472  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-189  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:16.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libmspack package and not the libmspack package as distributed by Ubuntu.

Off-by-one error in the READ_ENCINT macro in chmd.c in libmspack before 0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted CHM file.