CVE-2018-18586 (GCVE-0-2018-18586)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-10-23 02:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 11:15 Disputed
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
chmextract.c in the chmextract sample program, as distributed with libmspack before 0.8alpha, does not protect against absolute/relative pathnames in CHM files, leading to Directory Traversal. NOTE: the vendor disputes that this is a libmspack vulnerability, because chmextract.c was only intended as a source-code example, not a supported application
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
4 references
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|---|---|
| https://github.com/kyz/libmspack/commit/7cadd4896… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://bugs.debian.org/911639 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-20 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO |
Date Public
2018-10-22 00:00
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