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GSD-2018-14679

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:22
Details
An issue was discovered in mspack/chmd.c in libmspack before 0.7alpha. There is an off-by-one error in the CHM PMGI/PMGL chunk number validity checks, which could lead to denial of service (uninitialized data dereference and application crash).
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      "https://advisories.mageia.org/CVE-2018-14679.html",
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