VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-11423
The cabd_read_string function in mspack/cabd.c in libmspack 0.5alpha, as used in ClamAV 0.99.2 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted CAB file.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 2.07%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.07%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The cabd_read_string function in mspack/cabd.c in libmspack 0.5alpha, as used in ClamAV 0.99.2 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted CAB file.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.07% probability · 80th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-125
- Affected
- libmspack project/libmspack
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3946
- https://bugzilla.clamav.net/show_bug.cgi?id=11873Permissions Required
- https://github.com/hackerlib/hackerlib-vul/tree/master/clamav-vulThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00014.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-16
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3946
- https://bugzilla.clamav.net/show_bug.cgi?id=11873Permissions Required
- https://github.com/hackerlib/hackerlib-vul/tree/master/clamav-vulThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00014.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-16
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.