Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Oct 23, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-18584
CVE-2018-18584
Description
In mspack/cab.h in libmspack before 0.8alpha and cabextract before 1.8, the CAB block input buffer is one byte too small for the maximal Quantum block, leading to an out-of-bounds write.
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Affected products
9- Range: <1.8
- Range: <0.8alpha
- osv-coords7 versionspkg:rpm/suse/libmspack&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015pkg:rpm/suse/libmspack&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/libmspack&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/libmspack&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/libmspack&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/libmspack&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/libmspack&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5
< 0.6-3.3.11+ 6 more
- (no CPE)range: < 0.6-3.3.11
- (no CPE)range: < 0.0.20060920alpha-74.11.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.4-15.7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.0.20060920alpha-74.11.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.4-15.7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.0.20060920alpha-74.11.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.4-15.7.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
11- github.com/kyz/libmspack/commit/40ef1b4093d77ad3a5cfcee1f5cb6108b3a3bcc2nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2049nvdThird Party Advisory
- bugs.debian.org/911640nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00017.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-20nvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3814-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3814-2/nvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3814-3/nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.cabextract.org.uknvdProductVendor Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/10/22/1nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.starwindsoftware.com/security/sw-20181213-0001/nvdThird Party Advisory
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