CVE-2018-14681

high-risk
Published 2018-07-28

An issue was discovered in kwajd_read_headers in mspack/kwajd.c in libmspack before 0.7alpha. Bad KWAJ file header extensions could cause a one or two byte overwrite.

Do I need to act?

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4.4% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
8
CVSS 8.8/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (16)

Libmspack
Libmspack
Libmspack
Libmspack
Libmspack
Cabextract

Affected Vendors

Debian Redhat Canonical Cabextract Project Cabextract

References (26)

Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/07/26/1
Third Party Advisory http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041410
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3327
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3505
Issue Tracking https://bugs.debian.org/904799
Patch https://github.com/kyz/libmspack/commit/0b0ef9344255ff5acfac6b7af09198ac9c9756c8
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00007.html
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-20
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/3728-1/
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/3728-2/
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/3728-3/
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/3789-2/
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4260
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/07/26/1
Third Party Advisory http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041410
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3327
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3505
Issue Tracking https://bugs.debian.org/904799
Patch https://github.com/kyz/libmspack/commit/0b0ef9344255ff5acfac6b7af09198ac9c9756c8
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00007.html
and 6 more references
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/ 100
high-risk
Severity 30/34 · Critical
Exploitability 8/34 · Low
Exposure 18/34 · Moderate