Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 23, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2006-3178

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in extract_chmLib example program in CHM Lib (chmlib) before 0.38 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a CHM archive containing files with a .. (dot dot) in their filename.

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Affected products

Jed Wing/Chm Lib
cpe:2.3:a:jed_wing:chm_lib:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=0.37
Chmlib/Chmlibllm-fuzzy
Range: <0.38

Patches

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References

morte.jedrea.com/~jedwin/projects/chmlib/nvdPatch
secunia.com/advisories/20734nvdPatchVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/18511nvdPatch
secunia.com/advisories/21406nvd
securitytracker.com/idnvd
www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1144nvd
www.osvdb.org/26636nvd
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2430nvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27278nvd

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