Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Jul 28, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-14679
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).
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Affected products
51- Range: <0.7alpha
- osv-coords50 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/clamav&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6pkg:rpm/opensuse/clamav&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/libmspack&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.2pkg:rpm/opensuse/libmspack&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3pkg:rpm/suse/clamav&distro=HPE%20Helion%20OpenStack%208pkg:rpm/suse/clamav&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%204pkg:rpm/suse/clamav&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%207.1pkg:rpm/suse/clamav&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/clamav&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/clamav&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP4-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/clamav&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/clamav&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP5-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/clamav&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP5-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/clamav&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.5pkg:rpm/suse/clamav&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP6pkg:rpm/suse/clamav&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Point%20of%20Sale%2011%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/clamav&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/clamav&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/clamav&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/clamav&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/clamav&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/clamav&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/clamav&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/clamav&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/clamav&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/clamav&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/clamav&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/clamav&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/clamav&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/clamav&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP5-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/clamav&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/clamav&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/clamav&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/clamav&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/clamav&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/clamav&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/clamav&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/clamav&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/clamav&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20LTSS%20Extended%20Security%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/clamav&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Proxy%204.3pkg:rpm/suse/clamav&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%204.3pkg:rpm/suse/clamav&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%207pkg:rpm/suse/clamav&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%208pkg:rpm/suse/clamav&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%209pkg:rpm/suse/clamav&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%208pkg:rpm/suse/clamav&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%209pkg:rpm/suse/clamav-openssl1&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011-SECURITYpkg:rpm/suse/libmspack&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.0pkg:rpm/suse/libmspack&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/libmspack&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP3
< 1.4.2-150600.18.6.1+ 49 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.2-150600.18.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.2-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.6-lp152.6.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.6-3.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.103.4-33.41.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.100.1-33.15.2
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.2-150200.8.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.100.1-33.15.2
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.2-150200.8.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.2-150200.8.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.2-150200.8.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.2-150200.8.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.2-150200.8.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.2-150200.8.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.2-150600.18.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.103.4-0.20.41.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.103.4-0.20.41.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.100.1-33.15.2
- (no CPE)range: < 0.100.1-33.15.2
- (no CPE)range: < 0.100.1-33.15.2
- (no CPE)range: < 0.100.1-33.15.2
- (no CPE)range: < 0.103.4-33.41.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.103.4-33.41.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.103.4-33.41.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.103.4-3.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.2-3.36.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.100.1-33.15.2
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.2-150200.8.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.2-150200.8.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.2-150200.8.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.100.1-33.15.2
- (no CPE)range: < 0.100.1-33.15.2
- (no CPE)range: < 0.100.1-33.15.2
- (no CPE)range: < 0.103.4-33.41.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.103.4-3.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.2-150200.8.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.2-150200.8.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.2-150200.8.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.2-3.36.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.2-150200.8.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.2-150200.8.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.100.1-33.15.2
- (no CPE)range: < 0.103.4-33.41.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.103.4-33.41.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.103.4-33.41.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.103.4-33.41.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.103.4-0.20.41.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.6-3.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.6-3.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.6-3.11.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
13- bugs.debian.org/904802nvdIssue TrackingMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/kyz/libmspack/commit/72e70a921f0f07fee748aec2274b30784e1d312anvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/07/26/1nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1041410nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3327nvdThird Party Advisory
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3505nvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00007.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-20nvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3728-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3728-2/nvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3728-3/nvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3789-2/nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4260nvdThird Party Advisory
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