Out-of-bounds Write Affecting gcab package, versions [0,1.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.2% (59th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-GCAB-2368735
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed12 Jan 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 12 Jan 2018

CVE-2018-5345  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade gcab to version 1.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Write. A stack-based buffer overflow within GNOME gcab through 0.7.4 can be exploited by malicious attackers to cause a crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code via a crafted .cab file.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1