| Name | CVE-2018-14679 |
| Description | 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). |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-1460-1, DSA-4260-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 904802 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| libmspack (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 0.5-1+deb8u4 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 0.5-1+deb9u4 | fixed | |
| buster | 0.10.1-1 | fixed | |
| bullseye | 0.10.1-2 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 0.11-1 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 0.11-1.1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| libmspack | source | jessie | 0.5-1+deb8u2 | DLA-1460-1 | ||
| libmspack | source | stretch | 0.5-1+deb9u2 | DSA-4260-1 | ||
| libmspack | source | (unstable) | 0.7-1 | 904802 |
https://github.com/kyz/libmspack/commit/72e70a921f0f07fee748aec2274b30784e1d312a
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/07/26/1